Understanding more able learners.
Dr Rebecca Montacute, Research Fellow, The Sutton Trust
Rebecca Howell, Senior Education Consultant, Potential Plus UK
Practical strategies to ensure synergistic relationships between teaching staff and more able coordinators, in turn establishing a whole-school commitment to supporting more able learners.
Ian Warwick, Senior Director, London G&T
Develop simple strategies to incorporate cultural capital within the curriculum, in turn improving social mobility and overcoming the unique barriers experienced by more able disadvantaged students.
Ian Warwick, Senior Director, London G&T
Build teachers’ confidence to pitch challenge within the classroom to provide stimulating and meaningful content and challenging questioning that encourages self-motivation.
Kate Treacy, English Lead, Parliament Hill School
Learn to create an environment that enables all children to access challenge at their own level of ability, encouraging higher aspirations throughout primary school life
Bob Cox, Director, Searching for Excellence Ltd
Accrue a variety of approaches to supporting more able learners from a diverse range of schools, helping you to form strategies that are tailor made to your own educational settings.
Fiona Clark, More Able Lead, Marsden Heights Community College
Silvia Garrido-Soriano, Academic Extension & Think! KS3 Coordinator, Hampton School
Mirela Temo, Education Adviser (Ealing LA)
Giles Cordwell, Year 6 teacher & More Able Leader, Mottingham Primary School
(more speakers to be confirmed)
Increase your awareness of more able learners with DME, fostering a whole-school approach that ensures both their developmental and academic progress.
Kamal Bodhanker, Education Development Officer, nasen
Build robust relationships with the families of more able learners, managing their expectations to ensure healthy, sustainable support beyond the classroom.
Fiona Carnie, Director, Alternatives in Education
Harness pupils’ potential through cultivating intrinsic motivation, in turn creating independent learners with a lifelong love of learning.
Dr Marcelo Staricoff, JONK Thinking & Learning Ltd
Develop an understanding of mental health issues experienced by more able learners and gain easy-to-implement strategies that encourage resilience and position mental health as an integral component of achievement.
Rebecca Howell, Senior Education Consultant, Potential Plus UK
Learn how to design an effective meta curriculum to develop enrichment beyond fulfilling assessment requirements, challenging more able students to access and develop higher levels of thinking.
Julie Arliss, Managing Director, Academy Conferences Ltd
Gain simple strategies to effectively quantify and monitor the success of enrichment programmes, ensuring a watertight provision that successfully meets the needs of most able learners.
