Capita announce details of their Academies Conference - 30th January 2014, Manchester

Oct. 28, 2013 - PRLog -- Capita’s 6th National Academies Conference provides you with up-to-date national strategy from Central Government policy leads, as well as practical advice from existing and converting schools on how best to use academies freedoms to drive up achievement and standards. Specifically designed for schools that have converted, those who are considering transition and associated stakeholders, key sessions will cover funding and finance, curriculum innovation, leadership and governance, local authority’s changing role and sponsorship arrangements.

Our Expert Speakers Include:

• Chair: David Wootton, Chair, Independent Academies Association and Academies Executive, United Learning
• Keynote Address: Senior Confirmed Representative, Academies Delivery Group, Department for Education
• Dr Elizabeth Sidwell, School’s Commissioner, Office of the School’s Commissioner
• Peter Lauener, Chief Executive, Education Funding Agency
• Sharon Milner, Headteacher, Brooke Hill Primary Academy
• Christine Quinn, Principal, Ninestiles School
• Murray Rose, Director of Services for People, Darlington Borough Council

Benefits of attending:

• Hear directly from the Department for Education and the School’s Commissioner on strategic developments and emerging learning since the launch of the Academies Programme
• Understand how to personalise the curriculum to individual learning styles and foster a new generation of independent learners
• Take the opportunity to question primary, secondary, special and PRU academies on their experiences of converting and using freedoms within their different school settings
• Explore the progress towards establishing a fairer funding system and how this impacts future funding for academies
• Explore the benefits of becoming a sponsor academy
• Discover what effective academy governance should look like from an NCSL National Leader of Governance
• Examine how a local authority has reshaped education services in a devolved school system

Please note this conference has a half-day briefing on the 31st January 2014 in Manchester - Financial Management for Academies.

Recieve 20% off when you attend both the conference and the briefing.

For more information, please visit the website: http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk/public-sector-conferences/education/full-conferences/article/academies-conference-3.html?code=SMMK

Download the brochure: http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk/pdfgen.html?filename=Academies_Jan_2014.pdf&code=SMMK

Contact: Amna Khan at amna.khan@capita.co.uk or 020 7202 0562