Teaching Schools Summit 2016 - Programme

Tuesday 26 Apr 2016
Barbican conference centre, London

09:00 – 09:45

Registration and refreshments

09:45 – 10:00

Chair’s Introduction & Welcome
How is the Teaching School movement going to move forward successfully?
What’s the role of the teaching school in a self-sustaining system of school improvement?
Sir Andrew Carter OBE, CEO, South Farnham Educational Trust and Chair of the Carter Review of ITT

10:00 – 10:30
Keynote 1

The Balancing Act: Building capacity and ensuring sustainability
How to prioritise and deliver outreach, provide real school-to-school support and drive school improvement whilst maintaining standards at home
Andrew Warren, Vice-Chair, Teaching Schools Council and Director, Britannia Teaching School Alliance

10:30 – 11:10
Keynote 2

Moving from core funding to self-generated income

  • Diversifying your portfolio of offerings
  • Identify and access alternative funding opportunities
  • Manage revenue streams to ensure sustainability and growth

Sir Andrew Carter OBE, CEO, South Farnham Educational Trust and Chair of the Carter Review of ITT

11:10 – 11:20

Questions

11:20 – 11:50

Morning Refreshments

11:50 – 12:10
Keynote 3

Competition vs Collaboration - Finding your niche
Models of collaboration for real school-to-school support and how we offer a real alternative to our LA to remain competitive
Julie Knock-Bravery, Executive Principal, Pound Hill Infant Academy 

12:10 – 13:00

Streamed Sessions 1

1A

1B

Marketing, Communication and PR

Structures

How to engage hard to reach schools and get buy-in with your Teaching School – practical and fresh marketing techniques to get people to think differently about collaboration
Lisa Fathers, Head of Teaching School/BFET Co-Principal & Claire Critchley, Marketing Manager, Bright Futures Educational Trust

How is a successful, self-sustaining alliance structured? Create a structure which is flexible, sustainable, and genuinely able to draw alliance members together against a background of                                       unpredictable funding                            

Dr Richard Steward, Head of Teaching School and JCTSA Lead

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 14:50

Streamed Sessions 2

2A

2B

Initial Teacher Training

Models of S2S support

SCITTs vs schools direct: what is the right model for your school? And how do you form a harmonised partnership with your HEIs which benefits your candidates and your school
Stephen Munday CBE, Chief Executive, Comberton Academy Trust

Ensure a broad and high-impact offering despite limited capacity: What courses, programmes and products to offer to ensure your provision is meeting local need, driving school improvement and generating income 

Helen Graham and Jo O’Brien, Assistant Headteacher and Strategic Lead and SLE, Wakefield City Academy

14:50 – 15:20 Quick-fire Sessions

Quick-fire Sessions

Q1

Q2

Developing Leadership

Professional development

Identifying and developing outstanding leadership potential to support school improvement across your TSA
Trevor Averre Beeson, Co-Founder, Lilac Sky Schools Academy Trust

Engaging staff and improving outcomes with collaborative approaches to developing practice

Liz Worthen, Head of Content and Owen Carter, Content Lead, Optimus Education

15:20 – 15:40

Afternoon refreshments

15:40 – 16:30

Streamed Sessions 3

Impact and Evaluation

 Financial Management

How to collect evidence, evaluate impact and report back to stakeholders to show value for money and inform planning for the next year

Stephen Wilkinson, Executive Headteacher and Ally Chapman, Deputy Headteacher, The Queen Katherine School Multi Academy Trust

Couple robust financial planning with a clear strategic
outlook to underpin your Teaching School’s action plan for 2016/2017. Ensure sustained income generation and avoid costly financial mismanagement

Karen Strachan, Director, Torch Teaching School Alliance

16:30

Conference Close