The Education Exchange Inaugural Conference Brochure

The Conference 2022

Welcome Welcome Welcome to the inaugural Education Exchange Conference.

Whether you are already a member of The Education Exchange or interested in joining, we welcome you to the conference. The Education Exchange is a place where people can come together and exchange effective school improvement strategies.

It is a collection of highly successful educators that are invested in improving outcomes and opportunities for all students. It unites educators in sustainable professional friendships, ensuring all children can enjoy success irrespective of their starting points.

We all do something special. We hope you make some new friends and together we can help each other, our pupils, students and communities. professional generosity and friendship

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Contents Contents 4-5

The Education Exchange Model

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Our Agenda

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Breakout Sessions

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Our Speakers

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How Our Projects Work

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Feedback From Our Projects

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How You Can Get Involved

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Our Mode Our Model If you are new to The Education Exchange, this is generally how it works. We know each project is unique, so our process is flexible and adaptable.

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We work on an income-neutral model. This is an ethical and inclusive approach with no charges, no SLAs and no hidden costs. We do not ask professional partners for money, because that’s not how friendship works.

Engagement A school, Multi Academy Trust, organisation or Local Authority contact The Education Exchange. They want to work in partnership with The Education Exchange on a school improvement project.

Implementation A team made up of Education Exchange members implement the school improvement project. These members are experienced experts in the specific area of change. The project aligns to The Education Exchange member’s current practice within their setting.

Embedding The partner school embeds the change in partnership with The Education Exchange team. This can involve further visits, joint moderation, assessment cycles, further resource or training.

Impact Impact of the project is measured. This and feedback from the partner school informs the project evaluation. All evaluations are reviewed in order to continuously reflect and improve.

Growth Partner schools are invited to join The Education Exchange as members. As members, they will offer expertise and time in areas where they have had successful school improvement. This is the part we all play in putting something back into The Education Exchange’s future projects.

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Agenda Agenda Breakout Sessions Sir John Townsley: Maximising Impact on Pupil Progress NET / Delta: Reading Routes Paul Tarn / Chris Mitchell: Integrated Curriculum & Financial Planning Ambition: Career Pathways Nic Atkinson: Science Learning Partnership Barry Found: Key Elements of Quality Assurance Further details on Breakout Sessions can be found on the following page, with insight into the topics being explored.

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Day One 8:30 - 9:15

Arrival & Refreshments

9:15 - 9:25

Welcome: Professional Partners

9:25 - 10:00

The National Picture - Strategic Direction: Ian Gilsenan

10:00 - 11:00

Keynote Speaker: John Volanthen

11:00 - 11:20

Comfort Break

11:20 - 12:00

Panel Discussion: Professional Partners

12:00 - 12:45

Lunch

12:45 - 13:30

Breakout Carousel: Various Sessions

13:30 - 14:30

Keynote Speaker: Andy Cave

14:30 - 15:15

Our Impact: The Brooksbank Project

15:15 - 15:30

Comfort Break

15:30 - 16:15

Day One Round-Up and Q&A

Day Two 8:30 - 9:00

Refreshments

9:00 - 9:15

Welcome to Day Two

9:15 - 10:00

Keynote Speaker: Katrina Gueli

10:00 - 11:15

Breakout Carousel: Various Sessions

11:15 - 11:30

Comfort Break

11:30 - 12:30

Keynote Speaker: Simon Hartley

12:30 - 13:00

Recap & Forward Planning: Professional Partners

13:00

Lunch & Close

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Breakout Breakout Day One

12:45 - 13:30

GORSE Code: Maximising Impact on Pupil Progress - Sir John Townsley The session will explore GORSE’s approach to pedagogy and the curriculum and the impact of that approach on the progress of all pupils, including the most disadvantaged.

Reading Routes: How to embed a reading culture in your school The session will provide an introduction to the Reading Routes programme developed by Northern Education Trust and shared with our partners. The programme aims to inspire a love of reading and embed a culture of reading for pleasure throughout the school.

Day Two

10:00 - 10:35 10:40 - 11:15

Reading Routes: How to embed a reading culture in your school The session will provide an introduction to the Reading Routes programme developed by Northern Education Trust and shared with our partners. The programme aims to inspire a love of reading and embed a culture of reading for pleasure throughout the school.

The Science Learning Partnership - Nic Atkinson An introduction to the Science Learning Partnership, projects so far including Primary Science Kits and the impact it has had, including how to access the programme in your academies.

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Sessions Sessions Integrated Curriculum & Financial Planning - Paul Tarn / Chris Mitchell Like many leaders in public sector organisations, we are acutely aware of the significant challenges to the country’s financial position, and this will mean that more pressure will be placed on our sector to become efficient whilst remaining high quality. Integrated Curriculum and Financial Planning, (ICFP) has a great deal to offer; we will be looking at its application at secondary phase and sharing a detailed model that looks at the national picture. *this session is a practical session using case studies The Science Learning Partnership - Nic Atkinson An introduction to the Science Learning Partnership, projects so far including Primary Science Kits and the impact it has had, including how to access the programme in your academies.

Key Elements of Quality Assurance - Barry Found This informative session will be an aide memoir, providing advice and guidance in order to demonstrate strong quality assurance in your school. Of particular focus will be structuring lines of enquiring around SEN and assessment in your school.

Integrated Curriculum & Financial Planning - Paul Tarn / Chris Mitchell Like many leaders in public sector organisations, we are acutely aware of the significant challenges to the country’s financial position, and this will mean that more pressure will be placed on our sector to become efficient whilst remaining high quality. Integrated Curriculum and Financial Planning, (ICFP) has a great deal to offer; we will be looking at its application at secondary phase and sharing a detailed model that looks at the national picture. *this session is a practical session using case studies The Ambition Programme - Sarah Ward Targeted at years 8, 9 and 10, the ambition programme aims to raise aspirations, improve attendance, reduce the amount of FTE / PEX, improve behaviour, confidence, teamwork, and resilience by targeted intervention to prepare students for the world of work.

Key Elements of Quality Assurance - Barry Found This informative session will be an aide memoir, providing advice and guidance in order to demonstrate strong quality assurance in your school. Of particular focus will be structuring lines of enquiring around SEN and assessment in your school.

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Speakers Speakers John Volanthen British Exploratory Diver & Innovator

John is a world record-holding British exploratory cave diver who specialises in rescues through the Cave Rescue Organisation, South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue, and the British Cave Rescue Council.

John hit the headlines in July 2018, when he was part of the multi-national team involved in the rescue of 12 young football players and their coach in the Tham Luang caves in Thailand. John and his co-diver, Rich Stanton, were the first to make contact with the missing youngsters when they had been lost for nine days. Both men were part of the team that successfully rescued all the boys and their coach and brought them to safety.

John gives audiences an astonishing account of the harrowing rescue effort. With heart-pounding anecdotes from the high-risk rescue mission, he hammers home the importance of perseverance, determination, and preparation, and explains why he believes success in life is rarely due to “luck.” John also shares his belief that anyone can rise to the occasion and achieve extraordinary things in the face of insurmountable odds.

Uplifting and inspiring, John’s story is one in a million.

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Andy Cave

World Leading Mountaineer Andy is a world leading mountaineer, pioneering new routes in remote mountain ranges. To succeed, his teams rely not only on skill but also on mindset, collaboration and leadership.

Thousands of people have been inspired by Andy’s journey of an ordinary boy growing up to achieve extra-ordinary things. From his beginnings in a Yorkshire coal mine, to scaling the world’s most difficult and dangerous mountains, he has a wealth of insights to share with you.

Andy knows about overcoming adversity, creating a culture of excellence and the importance of a unified team in the face of change and demanding workloads. As an executive coach, Andy Cave offers a unique perspective to challenge thinking and behaviours. He works with senior executives to fulfil their own potential and that of the people they lead.

Simon Hartley

Sport Psychology Consultant & Performance Coach Simon Hartley is a globally respected sport psychology consultant and performance coach. For over 20 years, Simon has worked with gold medallists, world record holders, world champions, top five world-ranked professional athletes, Olympians and championship winning teams.

Since 2011, Simon has published eight books, including How To Herd Cats; Leading A Team of Independent Thinkers and Stronger Together; How Great Teams Work. During the last 10 years, Simon has also applied the principles of sport psychology to business, education, healthcare and the charity sector.

This has included projects with some of the world’s leading corporations and foremost executives.

Katrina Gueli

Ofsted Regional Director for North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Katrina was previously the Assistant Regional Director and then Regional Director for the East Midlands from 2019 to 2022 before returning to the North. Before being appointed as one of His Majesty’s Inspectors in 2007, she worked as a senior leader in schools and as a local authority adviser.

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Projects Projects Quality Assurance This project involves a team of Education Exchange members, working with organisations to quality assure school improvement documents (including pupil premium, sport premium, catch up funding). The project uses the Ofsted framework as a template for school improvement.

Each projects follows the below process:  Launch session  Partner schools gain access to an online portal with supporting documents and latest legislation/related documentation  Collaboration and training to improve documentation and validating assessment/data  Education Exchange team audit the setting in line with the above  Education Exchange team provide a report for the setting on the quality of their school improvement documentation and impact.

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Exam Board Change This project was led by an Executive Director of English. As part of the English exam board change, the following took place:     

Staff training and mapping curriculum plan Assessment of literature and transactional writing Modelling effective practice in the setting Observations and feedback Book reviews, including the marking of staff transactional assessment responses followed by feedback.

E-Learning / Reading This is a project commissioned by Doncaster OA. It takes the lessons learnt from remote learning and implements them particularly in reading.

Schools engaged with the project will follow the process below:  Complete a self-reflective audit to identify an area of focus (centred around reading)  They receive IT training focused on this area to improve their understanding and capacity to develop practice further  They visit an Education Exchange member’s setting to observe effective practice in line with this area of development  Change is implemented in line with training and through visits  They complete an impact report.

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Projects Projects Power BI This Project has been commissioned by Doncaster LA. Doncaster LA are committed to having all schools in the LA utilising Power BI. As a result, the above is considered as cohort 1, with further cohorts to follow.

Power BI is online analytics software. The purpose of the analytics is to provide senior leaders and other key staff with up-to-date headline information for academies which can be used to initiate discussion, actively monitor, and identify areas of concern early.  Launch meeting and project process overview explained  Organisation IT set up and data upload in collaboration with the Education Exchange team  Leadership training delivered to partner organisations focusing on the interpretation of analytics using Power BI  Leadership training delivered focusing on advanced Power BI design to extend Power BI reporting to include other data areas.

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Launchpad for Literacy These projects are delivered alongside the Launchpad for Literacy creator. Launchpad for literacy is a systematic, skillbased approach, enabling you to improve outcomes in the Early Years and beyond by identifying and closing specific skills gaps.

It ensures that practitioners have a greater level of diagnostic capability, establishing reasons and solutions to underpin informed interventions.

The Education Exchange delivers some live training sessions specifically around EYFS and the new framework. It also provides a platform of training videos and resources, developed by Delta.

The Education Exchange resources dovetail but do not overlap with the resources provided by Launchpad for Literacy. Our training focuses on the insights and experiences from current practitioners. The platform also provides a network for practitioners to request support and collaborate further (such as visits to observe effective practice).

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Feedback Feedback As CEO, the training given would be one of the best CPD sessions that I have experienced. It provided a very practical approach to one of the biggest challenges for Trust Leaders to address; a methodology for accurate school self-evaluation based on a rigorous quality assurance system.

Cathy Taylor, CEO The Constellation Trust

I am so grateful for the support that the Education Exchange provided us to support our project to align Learning Platforms across our Trust. From the start the clear communication made sure that the support provided matched our need exactly. They offered regular catch up meetings to review progress of the project and was happy to adapt to our requests along the way. The final report was exactly what we had hoped for and provides us with clarity moving forwards.

Tom Hill, The Olympus Academy Trust

The staff involved have spoken so highly of the experience. It has been billed as being the best CPD ever! In a world where everything carries such a high price, it is so refreshing to have professional generosity at the heart of this organisation. A heartfelt thank you for this inspirational vision.

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Watching Aysha teach the Year 3 lesson was excellent and gave me a lot of ideas that I can transfer to my own practice, particularly how to reinforce the sticky knowledge that we want the children to retain. I am using the same technique in class and am already seeing it have a positive impact on the children’s retention of key knowledge.

Year 3 Teacher, Delta Academies Trust

i just want to thank you for the amazing resource that you have created with Book-led curriculum. I wanted to make you aware that in my 9(ish) years of teaching, I have never been so confident as I have been this term knowing that I am actually teaching curriculum as it should be.

Secondary Academy Teacher, Delta Academies Trust

We worked with the Education Exchange this year on a project that shared practice, provided CPD and supported research projects testing new IT practice and capturing impact. It was a schools-led project, supported by The Education Exchange and two local academies. Leaders were sourced to support the participants with experience relevant to their areas of research, bringing additional teaching best practice and knowledge.

I’m in no doubt the project would have been significantly less successful without the support of the Education Exchange.

More broadly, the Education Exchange are in the process of supporting the role out of Power BI across a number of Doncaster secondary academies, bringing significant expertise to enable others to create powerful data management systems. The breadth and quality of support available is truly impressive, it sounds too good to be true at first until you see it being delivered first-hand.

Robin MacNeill, Doncaster Opportunity Area Programme Manager

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Get Involv Get Involved

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d School Improvement Are you interested in finding out more, or would you like to start your application process?

Please email Andrew Yeomans, Director of The Education Exchange, via the contact form on our website.

Become a Member All Education Exchange projects are delivered by members. Complete the form on our website if you agree to be contacted by our team to hear more about joining The Education Exchange.

Please identify your areas of expertise and knowledge you could offer to others.

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