Sunday 28 February
Session 1 | Welcomes & Courage in educational leadership
| 1600 – 1630 | Welcome address Opening remarks by HRH The Prince of Wales and welcome address by Carolyn Roberts, Co-Director, The PTI |
| 1630 – 1715 | Keynote Opportunities and obstacles In conversation with Professor Dame Lesley Regan DBE |
| 1710 – 1800 | Breakout discussions Courage in educational leadership |
Monday 1 March
Session 2 | Working with courage and from first principles
| 1030 – 1050 | Talk Ethos Dr Gavin Alexander, University of Cambridge |
| 1050 – 1120 | Talk Courage, leadership and creating a better climate: The findings of the NAHT Commission on School Improvement Nick Brook, Chair of the School Improvement Commission and Deputy General Secretary, NAHT |
| 1120 – 1200 | Breakout discussions Ethos and vision – what do you believe and how do you make that known in your school? |
Session 3 | A passion for learning and a love of subjects | |
| 1600 – 1620 | Talk School-led approaches to improving professional development: learning from the Wellcome CPD Challenge Professor Emily Perry, Deputy Head, Centre for Development and Research in Education, Sheffield Institute of Education & Joelle Halliday, Senior Research Fellow, Sheffield Institute of Education |
| 1620 – 1650 | Talk Space… so what? Professor Anu Ojha OBE, Director, National Space Academy |
| 1650 – 1730 | Breakout discussions Innovative learning and developing passionate and effective subject teachers |
| 1730 – 1800 | Forum discussions 1. Rachel Cave: Innovative learning: What does good pedagogy look like? 2. Neil Enright: Future of assessment - teacher assessment and exam structure 3. Mark Johnson: What’s the priority in ‘rebuilding’ our schools and students when everything is ‘normal’ again? 4. Carolyn Roberts: The curriculum and the forgotten third |
Tuesday 2 March
Session 4 | Closing the gap & Teaching and Learning
| 1030 – 1100 | Talk Social mobility and education in the post-Covid era Lee Elliot Major OBE, Professor of Social Mobility, University of Exeter |
| 1100 – 1130 | Pupil panel Pupils from Sandbach School, Cheshire |
| 1130 – 1200 | Breakout discussions What really matters about the quality of teaching and learning? |
Session 5 | Making a difference: School Leadership Programme | |
| 1600 – 1630 | Talk Schools beyond Covid: where next? Geoff Barton, General Secretary, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) |
| 1630 – 1710 | Breakout discussions What inspiration can be drawn from our discussions and how might this influence your school? |
| 1710 – 1725 | School leader talk | School Leadership Programme presentation Sarah Burns, Headteacher, Sandbach School |
| 1725 – 1740 | Closing remarks Carolyn Roberts, Co-Director, The PTI Oliver Blond, Academic Director, The PTI |