Conference Programme

Copies of the programme will be emailed to all staff before the conference.

07.45	Coaches Depart from Carshalton and Wallington
08.35 – 09.05 Sports Hall	Trust Update and Our New Strategy Thomas Flynn (CEO) This session will open the conference, share our new strategy, and provide a broader update on the Trust. It will also explore the education sector, highlighting key trends and challenges we face both as a Trust and within the wider landscape.
09.05 – 09.35 Sports Hall	Headteacher and Student Reflections This session will give each Headteacher and a selection of students from each school an opportunity to reflect on the new strategy in their school context, exploring successes, challenges, and priorities for the year ahead.
09.45 – 10.30 Main Hall Ground Floor Common Room Upstairs Common Room Room 353A / B	Consultation Session: Our Commitments to Each Other Headteachers, Deputy Headteachers and Abi Jesson (Chief People Officer) This session will give all staff the opportunity to shape the section of our new strategy that sets out the commitments we make to each other when working across the Trust. Staff have been allocated into one of the four rooms.
10.30 – 10.50	Access Break Tea, coffee and pastries in the Sports Hall
10.50 - 12.00 Various Rooms	Team Development Session #1 This session will allocate all staff into a role-specific session based on either their subject specialism or particular support staff role.
12.00 – 13.00 Canteen and Sports Hall	Lunch Time Meals (including vegetarian options) will be served from both the Sports Hall and Canteen. Those with other dietary requirements will be available from the canteen.
13.00 – 13.55 Various Rooms	Team Development Session #2 (Teaching Staff) This session will continue on for Teaching Staff.	Appraisal Process Workshop (Support Staff - Main Hall) This session will discuss how we make the appraisal system more effective for support staff, feeding into a new approach and policy for 2024/25.
14.05 – 14.50 Various Rooms	Breakout Sessions All Staff A range of sessions led by staff members from across the Trust on a wide range of education, support and leadership-related topics.
15.00 – 15.15 Sports Hall	Conference Plenary and Student Performance Thomas Flynn (CEO) and NHSG Student Musicians
15.15	Close and Depart

07.45

Coaches Depart from Carshalton and Wallington

08.10 – 08.30

Sports Hall

Arrival and Refreshments

08.35 – 09.05

Sports Hall

Trust Update and Our New Strategy

Thomas Flynn (CEO)

This session will open the conference, share our new strategy, and provide a broader update on the Trust. It will also explore the education sector, highlighting key trends and challenges we face both as a Trust and within the wider landscape.

09.05 – 09.35

Sports Hall

Headteacher and Student Reflections

This session will give each Headteacher and a selection of students from each school an opportunity to reflect on the new strategy in their school context, exploring successes, challenges, and priorities for the year ahead.

09.45 – 10.30

Main Hall

Ground Floor Common Room

Upstairs Common Room

Room 353A / B

Consultation Session: Our Commitments to Each Other

Headteachers, Deputy Headteachers and Abi Jesson (Chief People Officer)

This session will give all staff the opportunity to shape the section of our new strategy that sets out the commitments we make to each other when working across the Trust.

Staff have been allocated into one of the four rooms.

10.30 – 10.50

Access Break

Tea, coffee and pastries in the Sports Hall

10.50 - 12.00

Various Rooms

Team Development Session #1

This session will allocate all staff into a role-specific session based on either their subject specialism or particular support staff role.

12.00 – 13.00

Canteen and Sports Hall

Lunch Time

Meals (including vegetarian options) will be served from both the Sports Hall and Canteen. Those with other dietary requirements will be available from the canteen.

13.00 – 13.55

Various Rooms

Team Development Session #2

(Teaching Staff)

This session will continue on for Teaching Staff.

Appraisal Process Workshop

(Support Staff - Main Hall)

This session will discuss how we make the appraisal system more effective for support staff, feeding into a new approach and policy for 2024/25.

14.05 – 14.50

Various Rooms

Breakout Sessions

All Staff

A range of sessions led by staff members from across the Trust on a wide range of education, support and leadership-related topics.

15.00 – 15.15

Sports Hall

Conference Plenary and Student Performance

Thomas Flynn (CEO) and NHSG Student Musicians

15.15

Close and Depart