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.
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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.
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Workshops:
Please select your first and second choice from the options below:No
Title/Outline
Presenter
Room No
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 achievement underpinned by
a student-led one to one deployment 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. It is 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
7
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.
John Nicholson, Assistant
Principal, George Salter
Academy
5.
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!
3
Eric Winstone, Consultant
1
Speed Dating Sessions:
Delegates will be able to select three sessions to attend, at the conference.
No
Title/Outline
Presenter
Room
No
1
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
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.
Dave Richards, Assistant
Principal, Venture Academy
Room 1
Paula Ward, Principal,
Shelfield Academy
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.
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
Room 3
Primary Breakout (Primary delegates will automatically be booked into this
session unless otherwise requested):
Tony O’Malley, Director of
Primary & Progress
7
Short sessions on:
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
4
Feedback from SSAT primary update led by Tony O’Malley
Use of ICT in a primary setting led by Mark Thompson/Tony Moran
Russ Nicholson, Assistant
Principal, Ormiston Shelfield
Community Academy
Mark Thompson, Vice
Principal, Herman Academy
Tony Moran, Deputy Head,
Packmoor Community
Primary school
Room 8