Across the two days, attendees can select from over 220 sessions. We’ve condensed this year’s content to ensure great value for attendees. Alongside our festival keynote speeches, there will be a selection of strands covering topics including Artificial Intelligence, Ofsted, Cognitive Science, SEND and sustainability. Plus, we will have our usual diverse line-up of Festival sessions covering a broad spectrum of topics for all educators. We will start announcing Festival Keynotes in March. Festival strand and session information will be released from late April.
The session will commence with a brief overview of what was learnt from the 15 authors who contributed to the Birmingham Book using PowerPoint slides (school leaders, academics and governors) It will then invite delegates to reflect on their own experience of leading schools in our cities and conurbations with a quick PESTLE-type analysis to engage everyone interactively. We will then talk about 'what really works' (all based on strongly performing schools) and how leaders can draw on the lessons from the Birmingham Book authors and apply/adapt them to their own settings.
