Conference for Academic Deputy Heads and Directors of Studies - Thursday 24-Saturday 26 November 2022 (Crowne Plaza Chester)

This conference aims to: Focus on the key issues in improving learning and teaching for those who have responsibility for the school curriculum and academic matters.

Description

This conference aims to:

Focus on the key issues in improving learning and teaching for those who have responsibility for the school curriculum and academic matters.

This conference is for:

Academic Deputy Heads and Directors of Studies in independent schools.

Please note: the delegate fee includes accommodation, meals and refreshments throughout the conference.

Conference Programme

Time	Session	Room
Thursday 24 November
14.00 – 14.30	Arrival and Registration The hotel will provide a dedicated reception for check-in, alongside the HMC PD welcome desk on the Ground Floor (not the main hotel reception desk on the lower ground floor)	Ground Floor
14.30 – 14.35	Welcome and opening remarks Melanie Horsburgh, Director of Member Services, HMC	Kings Suite
14.35 – 15.30	Keynote: ‘Lessons from high-performing education systems’ Speaker: Lucy Crehan, International Education Consultant and Author of Cleverlands Chair: Darren Morton, Deputy Head, Yarm School	Kings Suite
15.30 – 16.00	Refreshment break – chance to meet with colleagues from examination boards and Ofqual: Margaret Farragher, Director of Policy, Analysis and Standards, SQA Richard Garrett, Director of Policy and Strategic Relationships for GQ, Ofqual Sharon Hague, Managing Director, Pearson School Qualifications	Chester Suite
16.00 – 17.00	Panel Session – Current Issues in Examinations: Awarding Bodies and Ofqual Speakers: Ben Stafford, Head of Assessment of Development, AQA Sharon Hague, Managing Director, Pearson School Qualifications Claire Fox, Deputy Director of Assessment, Cambridge International Richard Garrett, Director of Policy and Strategic Relationshipsfor GQ, Ofqual Sylke Scheiner, Director of Assessment, OCR Margaret Farragher, Director of Policy, Analysis and Standards, SQA Chair: Martin Collier, The Master, Haileybury	Kings Suite
17.00 – 18.00	State of the Nation Address Speakers: Melvyn Roffe, HMC Chair and Principal, George Watson’s College Kate Howell, Director of Education, HMC Chair: Melanie Horsburgh, Director of Member Services, HMC	Chester Suite
18.00 – 19.00	Free time
18.00 – 18.30	Optional - Women in Leadership networking meeting - chance to set priorities for discussion at the termly meetings. Led by Lesley Tyler, Executive Director: Curriculum andProfessional Excellence, Benenden School	Malpas Suite
19.00 – 19.30	Private drinks reception - new Academic Deputy Heads and Directors of Studies	Chester Suite
19.00 – 19.30	Drinks – cash bar	Main Hotel Lounge

19.30	Dinner Dress code: smart/casual, as you feel comfortable	Kings Suite
Friday 25 November
09.00 – 10.00	Keynote: ‘Curriculum depth: supporting our students to know more, remember and do more’ Speaker: Mary Myatt, Education Adviser and Founder of Myatt & Co Chair: Noeleen Murphy, Senior Mistress & Director of Studies, City of London School	Kings Suite
10.00 – 10.10	Comfort break and move to next session
10.10 – 11.10	Panel session: Innovations in education Speakers: Joe Sidders, Deputy Head Learning, Monkton Combe School & Claire Thompson, Senior Vice Principal, Hayes School, ‘Making the Implicit Explicit’ Richard Nicholson, Principal, Warwick Schools Foundation, ‘Future Fwd. Conference’ John Wilson, Head of Modern Languages, Cheadle Hulme School, ‘WoLLoW - The World of Languages, Languages of The World’ Chair: Chris Wheeler, Principal,Monkton Combe School	Kings Suite
11.10 – 11.40	Refreshment break	Chester Suite
11.40 – 12.25	Workshop sessions (A): Inspection Update - Michelle Winter, Senior Director for National Inspections, ISI. Chaired by Simon Hyde, General Secretary, HMC Creative Challenge: “Designing meaningful cross activity weeks to promote cross curricular activity weeks to promote higher thinking” - Lesley Tyler, Executive Director: Curriculum andProfessional Excellence, Benenden School Crisis Management: How to prepare for, and respond to, a school crisis - Tony Emmerson Senior Deputy Head, English College, Czech Republic Tracking: what we can use, why we use it and what can work: is there unicorn dust we can share? An overview of the processes relating to ALPS and CEM data systems, in terms of the data itself, implementing the systems, and most importantly informing our decisions and engaging teachers. Noeleen Murphy, Director of Studies, City of London School and Phil Grey Assistant Head (Academic) Plymouth College Departmental reviews - Alex Hartley, Deputy Head (Academics), Hereford Cathedral School and Jonathan Andrews, Academic Director, Merchant Taylors' Boys' School	Roodee Cornwall Rothesay Kings Malpas
12.25 – 12.30	Comfort break and move to next session
12.30 – 13.15	Workshop session (B): Exam Duel - 'Which is mightier - the pen or the keyboard?' - Sachin Choithramani Assistant Head – Innovation & Development, Bede's School and Nicholas Abrams Assistant Head - Academic, Bede's School ‘The right deed for the right reason’: a methodology for reviewing and refreshing your curriculum’ - Dr John Herbert, Deputy Head, Lancing College and Richard Bustin, Director of Pedagogy, Innovation and Staff Development, Lancing College Using compassionate candour in difficult conversations - Rebecca Roberts-Gawen, Academic Deputy Head, RGS Worcester and Jonathan Barfield Moore, Deputy Head - Academic, Brentwood School ‘If I knew then’ - for deputy heads relatively new in post - Leo Dudin, Deputy Head – Academic, Oakham School ‘Reshaping the School Day – reflections on using a 20-minute timetable 5 years on’ – Tim Lewis, Assistant Head (Academic), John Lyon School	Malpas Kings Rothesay Cornwall Roodee
13.15 – 14.15	Lunch – coffee with exhibitors in Chester Suite	Stables Bar & Grill Restaurant
14.15 – 15.00	Workshop session (C): ‘Come with one idea, leave with many’ This aim of this session is to optimise the process of sharing ideas and discussing topics that are important to you. Breakout rooms will use the slido interactive platform to allow delegates to provide ideas, for these ideas to be voted on and then the most popular suggestions introduced and discussed. After the session, a list of all the submitted ideas will be shared with all delegates. Delegates have been grouped randomly; so there is an even split across workshop rooms. Chairs: Session Leader: James Wilson, Deputy Head Academic, Exeter School Edward Davies, Head of Academic, Rugby School James Millard, Deputy Head Academic, The King’s School, Chester Jenny Davey, Sub-Warden Academic, Glenalmond College Tanya Khimyak, Deputy Head (Teaching and Learning), The Perse School Dan Stone, Deputy Head Academic, Bristol Grammar School	Kings Suite Roodee Cornwall Malpas Rothesay
15.00 – 15.30	Refreshment break	Chester Suite
15.30 – 16.30	Keynote: Retrieval Practice Speaker: Kate Jones, Senior Associate, Evidence Based Education Chair: James Millard, Deputy Head Academic, The King’s School, Chester	Kings Suite
16.30 – 17.30	Panel session: Preparing students for post-18 pathways Speakers: David Hawkins, Founder, The University Guys Jonathan Mitchell, Deputy Director: Portfolio & Partnerships at Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education Gina Visram, Head of Careers, Alleyn’s School, Career Coach and Consultant Kate Howell, Director of Education, HMC Chair: Kate Howell, Director of Education, HMC	Kings Suite
17.30 – 19.00	Free time
19.00	Drinks reception amongst exhibitors	Chester Suite
19.30	Conference dinner Dress code: smart/casual, as you feel comfortable	Kings Suite
Saturday 26 November
09.00 – 10.00	Keynote: How to Teach the Future Speaker: Alex Beard, Author of Natural Born Leaders and International Education Advisor Chair: Astrid McAuliffe Deputy Head Academic Alleyn's School	Kings Suite
10.00 – 10.20	Refreshment break	Chester Suite
10.20 – 11.20	Keynote: ‘Topical Employment Issues’ Speaker: Polly O’Malley, Partner & Deputy Head of Education, Stone King LLP Chair: Tony Emmerson, Senior Deputy Head, The English College in Prague	Kings Suite
11.20 – 11.30	Closing remarks Speaker: Melanie Horsburgh, Director of Member Services, HMC	Kings Suite
12.00	Lunch and depart Pre-ordered packed lunches ready to go for quick departure	Stables Bar & Grill Restaurant