2026 Summit Programme

Main conference sponsor

Summit Programme

8:15 - 9:00

Registration, Networking and Meet our Exhibitors

9:00 - 9:10

Welcome and Sponsor Address
Les Walton CBE

10:05 - 10:30

Break and Networking: Chat to our exhibitors

10:35 - 11:10

Sharing Great Practice with AoEA Senior Associates
Organisational Development, Change Management, Quality Systems

13:30 - 14:30

Sharing Great Practice with AoEA Associates
Effective Curriculum, Effective Professional Development, Effective Leadership

10:35 - 11:10

Sharing Great Practice with AoEA Senior Associates

Quality Systems

Manchester Suite

Conversations That Connect: Listening, Belonging, and Compassionate Leadership in Action

Narinder Gill, DFE Rise Adviser and Director of Leadership and Transformation

Organisational Development

Milano Suite

From Access to Agency: Human‑Centred AI for Every Learner

Clare Evans, Principal, St Teresa’s Nursery School

Change Management

Dublin Suite

Evaluation: From Accountability to Improvement

Louise Muteham, Head of School Improvement, Dysgu

13:30- 14:30

Sharing Great Practice with AoEA Associates

Effective Curriculum

Manchester Suite

Designing Curriculum for Real School Contexts

James Bewsey, Quality Improvement Officer, Scottish Borders Council

The Best Thinking is Rethinking

Corinne Latham, Principal, Seaview Primary School

Designing and Embedding a Semi-Formal Curriculum in Pilot Schools

Adele Tong, SEND School Improvement Officer, Together for Children

Effective Professional Development

Milano Suite

Translating Theory into Practice: Embedding Cognitive Science and Metacognition

Gareth McQuillan, School Improvement Adviser, Education North Tyneside

The Certainty Effect

Louise Hall, Regional Director, WISE Academies

Supporting a School Leader in a Period of Leadership Transition

David Godfrey, Headteacher, Valley Gardens Middle School

Effective Leadership

Dublin Suite

Collaborative School Improvement in Wales

Siân Rowles, School Improvement Adviser, Pembrokeshire County Council

Squaring up to leadership challenges and people politics to strengthen accountability at all levels

Zoubiya Ahmed, Educational Strategist and Adviser, Highbright Education / Verdant & Co

Developing Middle Leaders: The Key to Sustainable School Improvement

Tony Young, Principal, Crumlin Integrated Primary School

Effective Curriculum

Manchester Suite

Effective Professional Development

Milano
Suite

Effective Leadership

Dublin
Suite

Designing Curriculum for Real School Contexts

James Bewsey, Quality Improvement Officer, Scottish Borders Council

Translating Theory into Practice: Embedding Cognitive Science and Metacognition

Gareth McQuillan, School Improvement Adviser, Education North Tyneside

Collaborative School Improvement in Wales

Siân Rowles, School Improvement Adviser, Pembrokeshire County Council

The Best Thinking is Rethinking

Corinne Latham, Principal, Seaview Primary School

The Certainty Effect

Louise Hall, Regional Director, WISE Academies

Squaring up to leadership challenges and people politics to strengthen accountability at all levels

Zoubiya Ahmed, Educational Strategist and Adviser, Highbright Education / Verdant & Co

Designing and Embedding a Semi-Formal Curriculum in Pilot Schools

Adele Tong, SEND School Improvement Officer, Together for Children

Supporting a School Leader in a Period of Leadership Transition

David Godfrey, Headteacher, Valley Gardens Middle School

Developing Middle Leaders: The Key to Sustainable School Improvement

Tony Young, Principal, Crumlin Integrated Primary School