26 - 27 November 2026, Radisson Blu Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow
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Registration Desk45 mins
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- Strategy & Leadership
What will a sustainable MAT look like in 2030? Drawing on emerging demographic trends, financial modelling, workforce shifts and structural reform signals, this strategic keynote explores how CEOs can ...
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Main Room20 mins
- Outcomes & Impact
How trust leaders can build a coherent 1–9 curriculum that secures stronger outcomes for all pupils KS3 is often treated as a transition phase. In reality, it is the foundation of everything that foll ...
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Main Room40 minsOur signature ‘Dragons’ Den’ session provides each solution provider with an opportunity to deliver a short pitch explaining why they are here and how their services can help leaders tackle ongoing ch ...
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Networking and business meetingsNetworking Area75 mins15 minute meetings with suppliers who are offering solutions most relevant to your challenges. Please check the schedule on the back of your delegate pass for your meeting timings.
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Main Room30 mins
- Strategy & Leadership
- Finance & Sustainability
As pupil numbers decline, SEND costs rise and executive capacity tightens, the structural sustainability of smaller trusts is under scrutiny. Is consolidation becoming inevitable? This panel explores ...
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Main Room20 minsBeReady is a trusted delivery partner to hundreds of Multi-Academy Trusts, providing fully funded, trust-wide staff development built “by schools, for schools” and directed by subject matter experts.
This session spotlights a fully funded career pathway that enables colleagues without an existing degree to achieve QTS, strengthening recruitment and retention and supporting strategic workforce planning across your trust.
SEND and safeguarding training are embedded throughout BeReady’s programmes, helping MATs build consistent inclusive practice, improve outcomes, and increase capacity to meet rising levels of need.
An invaluable session that will enable you to unlock funding to tackle your trust’s biggest challenges
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Networking lunchMain Room45 minsAn opportunity to connect with your peers and suppliers to talk over the learnings from the event. Lunch is served buffet style and a range of options are available to cater for different dietary requirements.
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Main Room20 mins
- Workforce, Skills & Culture
- Outcomes & Impact
With recruitment and retention continuing to challenge trusts nationwide, many leaders are searching for solutions that go beyond workload reduction and one-off wellbeing initiatives. In this practica ...
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Breakout Room 120 minsBTG Eddisons Director Jenny Fram has over a decade of experience in finding the best real estate options for schools and trusts across the UK, that are looking to improve both the sustainability of their estates - as well as the outputs on their P&L sheets. This session will explore the current state of education estates and some ways in which schools we have worked with have maximised their value through commercialising their estates -
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Breakout Room 220 minsThis session will explore the growing importance of Integrated Curriculum Financial Planning (ICFP) within multi-academy trusts, and how meaningful, relatable data can support stronger strategic decision making. The session will demonstrate how aligning curriculum, staffing and financial planning enables organisations to make informed and sustainable decisions whilst reducing reliance on disconnected spreadsheets and manual processes.
The talk will also highlight the value of system integration, including how syncing ICFP with finance and HR systems can reduce duplication of data, improve accuracy and provide a more efficient and joined-up approach to planning across the organisation. -
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Breakout Room 120 minsHow can MAT leaders cut through complexity and focus on the risks that matter most? Covering governance, compliance, finance and operational pressures, this session will examine why traditional risk management often falls short and how key risk indicators can provide earlier visibility, sharper oversight and better-informed leadership decisions across trusts.
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Breakout Room 320 minsAs early years provision becomes increasingly central to school communities, leaders need the confidence and knowledge to champion quality. This session explores what head teachers and executive leaders need to understand about effective early years practice, provision and the crucial role of pedagogical leadership; while recognising the competing demands and challenges of leadership, and evolving external expectations.
Drawing on research into head teacher knowledge of the early years, it will identify gaps, clarify what high-quality provision looks like and offer practical ways to strengthen leadership capacity; replacing uncertainty with informed, strategic action for children, teams and communities.
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Networking and business meetingsNetworking Area75 mins15 minute meetings with suppliers who are offering solutions most relevant to your challenges. Please check the schedule on the back of your delegate pass for your meeting timings.
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Main Room10 mins
An opportunity to hear about the progress of the national CPD standards review and what it might mean for Trusts and Trust leaders. There will also be an opportunity to hear about how you can contribute to shaping the standards.
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Main Room45 mins
- Strategy & Leadership
- Workforce, Skills & Culture
A candid conversation In a sector that often celebrates success, this session creates space for something more valuable: honesty. A panel of MAT leaders will reflect candidly on the decisions that did ...
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Drinks reception and networking dinnerMain Room165 minsNetworking sessions – throughout the event we host a networking lunch as well as a dinner and drinks reception to give you ample opportunity to connect with your peers and suppliers over the learnings from the event. Dinner is served in formal-style seating to a set menu. Our delegate team will speak to you to ensure we cater for any specific dietary requirements.
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The disadvantage gap continues to be the most pressing challenge in the UK education system. This session will explore the most effective ways MATs can work to close the disadvantage gap and ensure every student has the opportunity to succeed. Explore:
- The impact of the disadvantage gap on academic performance and future opportunities for students.
- Evidence-based interventions to develop support networks for both students and families.
- The role of personalised learning and practical approaches to effectively differentiate learning.
- The importance of a school culture that sets high expectations for all students and ensures that inclusion and diversity are at the heart of every school’s ethos.
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Main Room20 mins
- Strategy & Leadership
Stepping into the CEO role after a high-profile predecessor brings both opportunity and pressure. In this candid session, Lee Wilson reflects on his first two years leading one of the country’s larges ...
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Digital consistency that drives outcomes: A blueprint for cyber secure and successful MAT technologyBreakout Room 120 minsThis session will explore how Multi Academy Trusts can strengthen teaching, learning, and student engagement through standardised, robust technology ecosystems. We will demonstrate how consistent platforms reduce complexity, improve staff confidence, and create simplified digital experiences for all learners.
The session will also highlight how to achieve essential cyber security roadmaps that will help to protect data, reduce risk, and ensure continuity across all Trust sites. By adopting unified, secure, and future ready technology, Trusts can drive sustainable improvement, maximise value, reduce costs, and empower educators to focus on what matters most - excellent learning. -
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Breakout Room 320 minsAs a multi-academy trust leader, there are two questions you need to be able to answer: “Are we compliant?” and “Can we prove it?”
Policies, certificates and completed audits are important, but on their own they don’t guarantee that health and safety is being managed effectively. This session looks at where trusts often fall short, from leadership accountability to keeping assurance consistent across every academy, and at how gaps can go unnoticed without robust monitoring.
Trustees and senior leaders will learn how to spot the gaps in their health and safety arrangements before they become problems, and how to make sure compliance is backed by reliable evidence. We’ll also show how WorkNest’s experts can help you strengthen assurance across your trust.
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Networking and business meetingsNetworking Area60 mins15 minute meetings with suppliers who are offering solutions most relevant to your challenges. Please check the schedule on the back of your delegate pass for your meeting timings.
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Main Room20 mins
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Breakout Room 120 mins
- Workforce, Skills & Culture
We often talk about leadership as strategy, structure, and outcomes, but what if the real work begins with how we treat each other? This session offers a deeply human exploration of what it means to l ... -
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- Workforce, Skills & Culture
In today’s challenging education landscape, attracting, developing and retaining great people has never been more critical. In this session, Mandy Coalter shares how trusts can become great places to work by building purposeful, high-impact people strategies that strengthen culture, improve retention and drive organisational performance. -
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- Strategy & Leadership
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Main Room60 mins
- Strategy & Leadership
- Operations & Service Delivery
This interactive session places attendees into live scenario simulations based on real-world trust crises, from sudden executive departures to SEND tribunal storms or inspection failure. Working in gr ...
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