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09:00 to 09:40
09:00 – 09:40
Registration and refreshments
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09:40 to 09:55
09:40 – 09:55
Chair's introduction and welcome
Nick Mackenzie, Partner, Browne Jacobson LLP
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09:55 to 10:25
09:55 – 10:25
Finance
Overcome the constraints on funding through intelligent financial model design and forecasting
Stephen Mitchell, Director, Keystone Knowledge
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10:25 to 10:55
10:25 – 10:55
Organisational Effectiveness
Ensure that as you develop the entire Trust is aligned to a strong purpose and vision that is translated effectively into practice through organisational design and the setting of objectives
Nick Mackenzie, Partner, and Emma Hughes, Head of HR Services, Browne Jacobson LLP
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10:55 to 11:15
10:55 – 11:15
Effective Stakeholder Feedback
Ensure you are operating in a single language across the Trust by using stakeholder feedback to support Trust-wide school improvement
Ernest Jenavs, Founder and CEO, Edurio
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11:15 to 11:25
11:15 – 11:25
Questions and answers
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11:25 to 12:05
11:25 – 12:05
Morning refreshments
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12:05 to 12:50
12:05 – 12:50
1A:Growth
Growth strategy ideas that streamline conversion processes and achieve economies of scale
Sarah Chambers, Education Services Senior Manager, Cooper Parry
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12:05 – 12:50
1B: Staff Structures
Create a staff model that is able to overcome the structural challenges of staffing a MAT
Emma Hughes, Head of HR Services, Browne Jacobson
Tom Wallace, Senior HR Consultant, Browne Jacobson
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12:05 – 12:50
1C: Cloud Based Learning
Successfully develop, plan and deliver a Digital Strategy that supports the delivery of your core aims and priorities.
Stephen Sanderson, Chief Information Officer, Greenwood Academies
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12:50 to 13:30
12:50 – 13:30
Lunch
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13:30 to 14:00
13:30 – 14:00
Recruitment and Retention
Practical strategies to strengthen staff retention and recruitment, ensuring positive working environments and staff wellbeing
Patrick Ottley O’Connor, Executive Principal, North Liverpool Academy & Northern Schools Trust
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14:00 to 14:30
14:00 – 14:30
Governance
Governance in school trusts is complex across multiple layers and often across multiple locations and phases. Having created the governance at Ark as the trust doubles in size, this session will focus on lessons learnt to help create effective coherent governance.
Emma Perkin, Governance Consultant, The Confederation of School Trusts
Anna Machin, Governance Manager, Ark
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14:30 to 14:50
14:30 – 14:50
Best Practice Network
Understanding the characteristics and context of executive leadership: focussing on the challenges for sustainability and growth of executive leaders by exploring the main strategic issues and considering key questions around capacity/competence
Kelly McKay, Education and CPD Consultant, Best Practice Network
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14:55 to 15:05
14:55 – 15:05
Questions and answers
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15:05 to 15:20
15:05 – 15:20
Afternoon refreshments
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15:20 to 16:05
15:20 – 16:05
2A: Site Management
Develop a framework that ensures the succinct management of different sites and save money in the process
Edward Thomas, Estates Director, Academy Transformation Trust
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15:20 – 16:05
2B: Centralisation
Solutions-driven ideas addressing the challenges of centralisation, helping your MAT operate as one brand
Stephen Mitchell, Chief Operating Officer, Spencer Academies Trust
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15:20 – 16:05
2C: Risk
Minimise risk in your MAT through designing a framework that champions a proactive risk management culture
Alison Moon, Trust Business Manager, Veritas MAT
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16:05 to 16:50
16:05 – 16:50
3A: Policy Design
Build watertight policies that affirm trust-wide accountability and security
Nick Mackenzie, Partner, Browne Jacobson
Emma Hughes, Head of HR Services, Browne Jacobson
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16:05 – 16:50
3B: Banking Risks
Explore the many embedded risks in banking structures and set up that most Multi Academy Trusts are subject to, often without knowing it
Ian Buss, Managing Director, Education Banking Consultancy
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16:05 – 16:50
3C: Leadership
Realise your leadership potential and collate ideas that will allow you to be more effective in your role
Patrick Ottley O’Connor, Executive Principal, North Liverpool Academy & Northern Schools Trust
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16:50
16:50
Conference close
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