OAT Annual Conference 2015
Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th November 2015
“Working Smarter - Creative use of resources to support enrichment and achievement.”
Speakers
Paul Brooker, HMI Ofsted – What the new framework means for schools
Paul Brooker has been an HMI since joining Ofsted in 2001. He is a qualified teacher and, prior to working for Ofsted, had extensive senior management experience in schools and as a local authority adviser. He was also employed as principal and chief examiner, at GCSE and A level, leading on the development of new specifications and subject training for teachers. Paul regularly leads primary and secondary school inspections, including monitoring inspections of schools causing concern, academies and schools seeking improvement.
Frank Green CBE, National Schools Commissioner, Department for Education- The Policy Picture: Creating a self-managing, self-improving system
Frank Green took up the post of National Schools Commissioner on 1 February 2014. Previously Frank was Chief Executive of Leigh Academies Trust (LAT) for five years. He has a proven record of innovation and transformation as part of the school improvement process, leading three schools through to academy status. In June 2013 he was awarded a CBE for services to Education. He started his career as a science teacher after completing a degree in metallurgical engineering at Imperial College, London. Frank has: overseen the change to academy status of all six LAT schools and the rebuilding programmes of three of them worked with a number of other academy trusts providing advice, guidance and executive leadership published many articles on aspects of educational leadership and innovation, including the book, ‘The Head Teacher in the 21st Century’.
Brian Lightman, General Secretary, Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) – Working smarter in the current policy context.
Brian Lightman became General Secretary of ASCL on 1 September 2010. He served as president of the association in 2007–08.
Brian was educated at Westminster City School and the University of Southampton where he graduated with a BA (Hons) in German. He also has an MA in Education from the Open University. He taught modern foreign languages for 16 years in three comprehensive schools in the South East of England before becoming headteacher of Llantwit Major School in 1995 and then headteacher of St Cyres School, a large, mixed 11–18 comprehensive in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, from 1999–2010.
Brian is acknowledged as an authority on the English and Welsh education systems. As an invited speaker he regularly contributes to seminars and conferences on education, leadership and governance and frequently appears in the media. Broad experience within the English and Welsh education systems includes extensive representation on UK and Welsh Assembly Government committees, being an external examiner and an Estyn inspector. Brian is a Patron of the National Citizen Service and serves on the boards of the Careers and Enterprise Company and The PiXL Edge charity. Brian was included in the January 2014 Debrett's list of the 500 most inspiring and influential people in Britain today.
Professor Steve Peters, Consultant Psychiatrist and Author –
Becoming the person you want to be
Steve Peters is a consultant psychiatrist and bestselling author and has worked closely with many of the UK's most prominent athletes, including Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton. In addition to his extraordinary success with British cycling, he has worked on twelve other Olympic disciplines as well as with Premier League and English national rugby and football teams.
Steve began as a maths teacher, before switching to medicine and specialising in patients with severe and dangerous personality disorders. His focus is now on how the mind can enable us to reach optimum performance in all walks of life. Working with sportspeople at the top of their game, he gives them the confidence to come back from defeat and out-perform the opposition.
Steve has been described as a "Genius" by Team GB cycling coach Dave Brailsford. Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and Bradley Wiggins have all attributed their success to him.
In speeches as in his book The Chimp Paradox, Steve explains his method to help us understand and control our 'inner chimp' – the irrational, impulsive, seemingly impossible part of our mind that often holds us back. Examining motivation, confidence and communication, he shows that competition is as much in the mind as it is in the field or on the track - or in the office.
As the resident psychiatrist at GB cycling and working in several sports, he has an unparalleled reputation for giving people an edge – as well as the confidence to overcome defeat. As in his book The Chimp Paradox, Steve shows how to deal with fear and 'become the person you want to be'. He explains how to visualise and break each challenge into small stages, focusing on the process rather than the outcome.
Paul Warwick, Contender Charlie – ‘Creativity’
Paul Warwick is a theatre director and producer with 20 years’ professional experience including a number of projects for schools and young people. He trained at The Workshop Theatre, University of Leeds and is an alumnus of The Royal National Theatre's Directors Scheme. He was the founding artistic director of award-winning Unlimited Theatre, for whom he directed eight new touring shows including STATIC, for which the company won an Edinburgh Fringe First Award.
Paul is also Co-Director of China Plate Theatre, a non-building based theatre studio that works with artists, venues and festivals, to make high quality, exciting theatre that is formally adventurous and narratively engaging. Over the last few years, China Plate has produced work for growing audiences with popular venues such as The Almeida, The Southbank Centre, The National Theatre Studio, Warwick Arts Centre and Bristol Old Vic. The companies’ shows have been nominated for Olivier Awards and won numerous Stage and Fringe First Awards.
Paul started his Mythodrama training in 2007 and now works as a presenter for Contender Charlie – bringing the Leadership Lessons from Shakespeare to life in the education field.
Workshops:
Please select your first and second choice from the options below:-
1 / Making Sense of Change: This session is aimed at secondary staff and offers support in understanding the very latest educational and policy developments and their implications for schools. Suitable for all those who want to be sure that they have understood and considered the major policy initiatives of the day. / Bill Watkin, SSAT / Conference Room
2. / Primary Mastery Curriculum (Primary delegates will automatically be booked into this session unless otherwise requested): This session will continue the themes introduced at the OAT primary mastery curriculum workshop earlier this year. / Tony O’Malley, Director of Primary & Progress / 3
3. / ICT Case Study: Supporting enrichment and achievementunderpinnedby a student-led one to onedeployment of tablets: We will deepen our understanding of the use of innovative approaches to learning including curriculum provision, the organisation and delivery of learning and the role of students in leading learning. The approach is underpinned by the one to one deployment of tablets. Itis revenue funded, sustainable and transferrable and is a leading case study of its kind. / Rob Carter, ICT Consultant & Andy Peet, Deputy Principal, Essa Academy with students from Essa Academy / 5
4. / Youth Sports Trust Class of 2035: The presentation focusses on how Youth Sports Trust will support children moving into the future. / Alison Oliver, CEO YST
Eric Winstone, Consultant / 7
5. / GSA case study: How we attract partnership funding & generate external income at George Salter Academy, and how this impacts on students and staff: Tips on how to attract additional funding based on a case study of GSA’s success in securing partnership funding from the Football Foundation and Sport England in 2014/15.
This session will also outline how GSA generates external income through our links with partner primary schools, local businesses and community organisations, along with all the challenges this entails! / John Nicholson, Assistant Principal, George Salter Academy / 1
Speed Dating Sessions:
Delegates will be able to select three sessions to attend, at the conference.
No / Title/Outline / Presenter / Room No1 / Cultural Entitlement & Curriculum Enrichment: Based on current practice and experience, this session will provide two case studies on different ways of approaching enrichment programmes. / Tuesday Humby, Principal, Chadwick Academy
Paula Ward, Principal, Shelfield Academy / Room 7
2 / Best Teaching Practice of More Able Students: Simon will outline areas of best practice within OAT academies for teaching high ability students and draw out common lessons learned from across the OAT network. / Simon Pedley, Access & G&T champion, Ormiston Academies Trust / Room 6
3 / Union of Venture Students: How Student Voice is impacting on teaching and learning: Assisted by some students, Dave will share some experiences of the hugely successful student voice programme, Union of Venture Students.
42% of the academy students take up roles of responsibility within it; running their own societies, coordinating seven week blocks of Guild Time, controlling two budget lines in the academy, organising fundraising on a large scale and much more, including more recently working collaboratively with teaching staff at the academy to 'hack the curriculum', feeding back on their learning experiences in the academy to help improve the quality of first teaching and their curriculum. Come and hear from the driving force behind this - the students. / Dave Richards, Assistant Principal, Venture Academy / Room 1
4 / Social Media: Making Twitter work harder for you using Buffer and Periscope: Twitter is notoriously hit-and-miss and many people throw Tweets out there with no idea if they are being read or noticed. We’ll look at two applications that supplement Twitter activity. Periscope is a live broadcasting tool and Buffer is a scheduling/reporting tool. / Kris Griffin, Director of Marketing and Communication, Ormiston Forge Academy / Room 5
5 / Securing Outstanding – making the most of your teachers: The session will outline a variety of ‘smart’ techniques used to ensure outstanding teaching and learning. Examples include differentiation, use of data and collaborative planning. / Vicki Dean, Tenbury High Ormiston Academy / Room 2
6 / Increasing 6th Form student recruitment: Bespoke 6th Form sports coaching programme: This session will use the 6th Form sports coaching programme as a case study for increasing student recruitment, qualifications and progression. / Dave Stevens, Director of Football, Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy
Russ Nicholson, Assistant Principal, Ormiston Shelfield Community Academy / Room 3
7 / Primary Breakout (Primary delegates will automatically be booked into this session unless otherwise requested):
Short sessions on:
§ Feedback from SSAT primary update led by Tony O’Malley
§ Use of ICT in a primary setting led by Mark Thompson/Tony Moran / Tony O’Malley, Director of Primary & Progress
Mark Thompson, Vice Principal, Herman Academy
Tony Moran, Deputy Head, Packmoor Community Primary school / Room 8
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