Working for Schools HOW TO BOOK VENUE INFORMATION

Friday 24th September 201076 Portland Place, London

Conference code: 10T/01752

HOW TO BOOK Email: [email protected]: 01372 834443Post: Training and Conferences, VT Group Bay Tree Avenue, Kingston Road Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7UEOnline: www.vtfours.co.uk/cpdonlineCall: 0800 0734444 ext 835008

CONFERENCE CHARGE

£229.00 (£269.08 inc VAT) per delegate

£458.00 (£538.15 inc VAT) for 3 delegates To send 3 delegates for the price of 2, please complete and return the booking form by email, fax or post.

YOUR DETAILS Please use capital letters. Delegate 1 NAME: JOB TITLE: EMAIL: Delegate 2 NAME: JOB TITLE: EMAIL: Delegate 3 NAME: JOB TITLE: EMAIL: Establishment: ADDRESS: POSTCODE: TEL NO:

I authorise payment for event:

Name: Signed: Any dietary / disability requirements:

VENUE INFORMATION 76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NTTel: 020 7470 4884 www.76portlandplace.com

PAYMENTYour place will be confirmed upon receipt of full payment.Please indicate your preferred method of payment.

PLEASE INVOICE MY ESTABLISHMENT

Purchase Order No:

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£

SEMINARSPlease indicate delegates preferred seminars for Session 1 and Session 2. Allocation is subject to availability.

Delegate Delegate Delegate 1 2 3 SESSION 1 A) Improving Behaviour

B) Community Cohesion

C) Funding Opportunities

SESSION 2 D) Raising Standards

F) Voluntary Groups

E) Partnership CPD For full terms and conditions, please visit our website at www.vtfours.co.uk/termsandconditions

Collaborative Working for Schools:Making a difference to children and communities


Collaborative Working for Schools


Friday 24th September 2010 76 Portland Place,

London

Key Themes:• Creating sustainable partnerships

• Commissioning and making efficiencies

• Models of governance and leadership

• Funding opportunities available for clusters

• Measuring the impact of partnerships

• Improving behaviour and motivation

• The power of partnership CPD

• Effective partnerships within Ofsted

Case Studies:• Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School, East Sussex

• Edge Partnership of Schools, Birmingham

• Priory School, Bromley

• Willingdon Primary School, Eastbourne

• Yeading Junior School, Hayes

Department

of Education

discuss how to

commission and drive

efficiencies

Making a Difference to Children and Communities

Why should you attend?Be ready to embrace the anticipated empowerment of schools to manage funding and make key strategic decisions. Ensure every school partnership is effective, sustainable and delivering real value by hearing expert guidance and best practice case studies from those succeeding in collaborative working.

Who should attend?Headteachers, senior leaders, cluster managers, federation managers, extended services and multi-agency coordinators from all phases of education.





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Exhibitor opportunities:If you are interested in exhibiting at this conference, please contact Laura Snelling on 01372 834149 or email [email protected] for further information.

Chair: Peter Rogers, Director of National Programmes, 4Children

08:45 Registration, refreshments and exhibition

09.15 Welcome from the Chair: The Future Political Agenda09.30 Partnership Structures and How to Commission and Drive Efficiencies David Brown, National Policy Adviser (Schools), DfE’s Commissioning Support Programme and Visiting Professor, University of Wolverhampton • Differenttypesandmodelsofpartnerships • Structuresthatdriveefficiency • Howtocommissionandmakeefficiencies • Wherearepartnershipsdeveloping?

10.10 Creating Sustainable Partnerships Mark Scarborough, Senior Consultant for Extended Services, VT Group • Overcomingthestumblingblocks • Wheredoesaccountabilityandresponsibilitylie? • Examplesofexistingmodelsofgovernanceandleadership • Legalstructuresforpartnershipsinsocialenterprise:Whatiscollaborativegovernanceandwhoshouldberepresented?

10.50 Refreshments and exhibition

11.20 Case study: The Benefits and Realities of Partnership Working Judith Cooper, Headteacher, Willingdon Primary School, East Sussex • Thebenefitsofworkingwithinafederation • Implementingpartnershipplans • Discussiongroups

12.00 Effective Partnerships within the Ofsted Framework John Kennedy HMI, Ofsted • Currentthinkingandpotentialemergingpolicy • Exampleofwhatschoolsaredoingandhowthiscontributestotheirfinalreport

12.30 Seminar Session One A) Improving behaviour and motivation of pupils through extended service partnerships Neil Miller, Deputy Headteacher, Priory School, Bromley • In2004-28%5A*-C,1168dayslosttofixedtermexclusions,17permanentexclusionsand87.4%attendance. • In2009-77%5A*-Cand,0fixedtermexclusions,3permanentexclusionsand91.4%attendance. B) Utilising collaborative working to embed community cohesion Carole Jones, Headteacher, Yeading Junior School, Hayes • Engagingwithagenciesandexternalgroupstoenhanceopportunitiesforthecommunity • Transformingrolesandresponsibilitieswithinschooltoreachouttothewidercommunityinordertoenhanceinvolvement C) Funding opportunities available for clusters Sarah Davison, Confederation Manager, Tandridge Confederation, Surrey • Howtoensureyouhaveavarietyoffundingstreamsandwheretofindnewsourcesoffunding

13.15 Lunch and exhibition

14.15 Seminar Session Two D) Raising standards across a community through cluster-based working E) The power of partnership professional development Clare Saunders, Co-ordinator, Edge Partnership of Schools in Birmingham • InfluencingschoolimprovementthroughdevelopingandsustainingpartnershipCPD:ThestoryofTheEdgePartnership of Schools in Birmingham F) Working with voluntary and community groups - overcoming the challenges of extended services provision Mark Rowles, Plymouth YMCA • Howtodevelopasuccessfulpartnershipmodeltodeliverextendedservices • CasestudyofHonicknowlePartnershipandExtendedServices(Hopes)

15.00 Narrowing the Gap – ensuring partnerships improve life chances for children. How can we measure their impact? Joe Hayman, Director of Extended Services, ContinYou • Aretheymakingadifference,andhowcantheirimpactbemeasured? • Whatmechanismsareinplacetomonitorsuccess?

15.30 Case study: Making Partnerships Effective Gill Mills, Headteacher, Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School, East Sussex • Respondingtoarecognisedneedintheschool • Evaluatinghowthechildrenbenefitandkeepingtheirneedsfirmlyinthefront • Assigningclearaims,rolesandresponsibilities • PersonalexperienceofmanagingtwoschoolsasaNationalLeadershipinEducationpartnership

16.00 Close of conference

Schools are seeing vast benefits from collaborative working: namely efficiency savings, improved behaviour, increased pupil attainment and motivation, community cohesion. As schools and clusters look set to become increasingly empowered to manage their funding and make key strategic decisions about their development, it is vital that every school understands how to work effectively across partnerships and clusters for maximum benefits and sustainability. This forthcoming conference will respond to the emerging developments of the new political agenda to provide important guidance and insight into ensuring all school partnerships deliver maximum benefits to all. Keynote speakers will present the political agenda and national perspective, and schools from across the country will present case-studies of their experiences and successes in effective collaborative working relationships. Delegates will take away practical ideas for ensuring partnerships are sustainable and providing efficiency savings or school improvements, and understand how these partnerships can be measured.

‘’ –

‘’ –

Overview of the day

David BrownDavid Brown, National Policy Adviser (Schools), DfE’s Commissioning Support Programme and Visiting Professor, University of WolverhamptonDavid has a long career in education and children’s services. He was Headteacher of Hamstead Hall School in Birmingham,one of the top performing state schools, and after supporting another school as Executive Headteacher moved to be Director of Children’s Services in Walsall. He is Visiting Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Wolverhampton and an Honorary Research Fellow and Associate at the Centre for Public Service Partnerships at the University of Birmingham.

Judith CooperHeadteacher, Willingdon Primary SchoolWillingdon Primary School is a large primary school in Eastbourne that has a hearing support facility. The school is part of a soft federation with another large primary school and a large secondary school. Judith has been teaching for 22 years and has experience across infant and primary schools in London and the South East.

Joe HymanDirector of Extended Schools Study Support ContinYouJoe joined ContinYou after five years working for the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, managing national youth crime prevention programmes and advising Ministerson measures aimed at reducing youth offending. He is also a Special Educational Needs Governor at Gospel Oak Primary School in north London.

John Kennedy HMIOne of Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI), John has extensive experience of inspecting schools and has been involved in joint area reviews of local authorities. His particular areas of expertise are secondary education, the management of attendance and behaviour, safeguarding pupils and extended schools. John is a Link HMI for three local authorities and is the HMI Advisor for extended schools.

Gill MillsHeadteacher, Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School Having led her school to ‘outstanding’ status, Gill works extensively with other schools, providing support for raising standards or supporting an inexperienced senior leader. She works alongside colleagues within the Local Partnership for Children to improve the facilities and support for children and families. She understands that schools are very individual institutions despite having a common function, believing that external support and advice is best delivered in partnership with the key professionals within a school.

Peter RogersDirector of National Programmes, 4ChildrenPeter and his team supports local authorities to achieve Full Core Offer for Childcare and the DfE Holiday Pilot Scheme. His role also involves him in the support and development of 4Children’s direct delivery programme which includes providing Sure Start centres, out of school activities and youth provisions across the UK. In his spare time he works directly with young people as a Scout Leader and Duke of Edinburgh’s award scheme assessor as well as working with young offenders.

Mark ScarboroughSenior Consultant for Extended Services, VT GroupMark has been in education for over 26 years and has written a number of papers and publications on extended schools that are used as best practice nationally. In his present role, Mark is helping to reshape the ‘cluster way of working’ in Surrey, to ensure that it is sustainable and future proofed. His responsibilities include Extended Services, Community Improvement Partnerships, Study Support, Play Services, Community Languages, and Community Learning Special Projects.

Keynote speakers

‘’ – Programme of the day

‘’ –★ gain practical ideas for ensuring collaborations are effective and sustainable

★ utilise the efficiency opportunities partnerships bring

★ consider Executive Headships and sharing School Business Managers

★ examine how to measure the impact of working collaboratively

★ view available funding opportunities

★ share approaches to partnership development

★ hear case studies of best practice in improving behaviour, CPD development, embedding community cohesion and making partnerships effective

Attend thisconference to:

Chair: Peter Rogers, Director of National Programmes, 4Children

08:45 Registration, refreshments and exhibition

09.15 Welcome from the Chair: The Future Political Agenda09.30 Partnership Structures and How to Commission and Drive Efficiencies David Brown, National Policy Adviser (Schools), DfE’s Commissioning Support Programme and Visiting Professor, University of Wolverhampton • Differenttypesandmodelsofpartnerships • Structuresthatdriveefficiency • Howtocommissionandmakeefficiencies • Wherearepartnershipsdeveloping?

10.10 Creating Sustainable Partnerships Mark Scarborough, Senior Consultant for Extended Services, VT Group • Overcomingthestumblingblocks • Wheredoesaccountabilityandresponsibilitylie? • Examplesofexistingmodelsofgovernanceandleadership • Legalstructuresforpartnershipsinsocialenterprise:Whatiscollaborativegovernanceandwhoshouldberepresented?

10.50 Refreshments and exhibition

11.20 Case study: The Benefits and Realities of Partnership Working Judith Cooper, Headteacher, Willingdon Primary School, East Sussex • Thebenefitsofworkingwithinafederation • Implementingpartnershipplans • Discussiongroups

12.00 Effective Partnerships within the Ofsted Framework John Kennedy HMI, Ofsted • Currentthinkingandpotentialemergingpolicy • Exampleofwhatschoolsaredoingandhowthiscontributestotheirfinalreport

12.30 Seminar Session One A) Improving behaviour and motivation of pupils through extended service partnerships Neil Miller, Deputy Headteacher, Priory School, Bromley • In2004-28%5A*-C,1168dayslosttofixedtermexclusions,17permanentexclusionsand87.4%attendance. • In2009-77%5A*-Cand,0fixedtermexclusions,3permanentexclusionsand91.4%attendance. B) Utilising collaborative working to embed community cohesion Carole Jones, Headteacher, Yeading Junior School, Hayes • Engagingwithagenciesandexternalgroupstoenhanceopportunitiesforthecommunity • Transformingrolesandresponsibilitieswithinschooltoreachouttothewidercommunityinordertoenhanceinvolvement C) Funding opportunities available for clusters Sarah Davison, Confederation Manager, Tandridge Confederation, Surrey • Howtoensureyouhaveavarietyoffundingstreamsandwheretofindnewsourcesoffunding

13.15 Lunch and exhibition

14.15 Seminar Session Two D) Raising standards across a community through cluster-based working E) The power of partnership professional development Clare Saunders, Co-ordinator, Edge Partnership of Schools in Birmingham • InfluencingschoolimprovementthroughdevelopingandsustainingpartnershipCPD:ThestoryofTheEdgePartnership of Schools in Birmingham F) Working with voluntary and community groups - overcoming the challenges of extended services provision Mark Rowles, Plymouth YMCA • Howtodevelopasuccessfulpartnershipmodeltodeliverextendedservices • CasestudyofHonicknowlePartnershipandExtendedServices(Hopes)

15.00 Narrowing the Gap – ensuring partnerships improve life chances for children. How can we measure their impact? Joe Hayman, Director of Extended Services, ContinYou • Aretheymakingadifference,andhowcantheirimpactbemeasured? • Whatmechanismsareinplacetomonitorsuccess?

15.30 Case study: Making Partnerships Effective Gill Mills, Headteacher, Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School, East Sussex • Respondingtoarecognisedneedintheschool • Evaluatinghowthechildrenbenefitandkeepingtheirneedsfirmlyinthefront • Assigningclearaims,rolesandresponsibilities • PersonalexperienceofmanagingtwoschoolsasaNationalLeadershipinEducationpartnership

16.00 Close of conference

Schools are seeing vast benefits from collaborative working: namely efficiency savings, improved behaviour, increased pupil attainment and motivation, community cohesion. As schools and clusters look set to become increasingly empowered to manage their funding and make key strategic decisions about their development, it is vital that every school understands how to work effectively across partnerships and clusters for maximum benefits and sustainability. This forthcoming conference will respond to the emerging developments of the new political agenda to provide important guidance and insight into ensuring all school partnerships deliver maximum benefits to all. Keynote speakers will present the political agenda and national perspective, and schools from across the country will present case-studies of their experiences and successes in effective collaborative working relationships. Delegates will take away practical ideas for ensuring partnerships are sustainable and providing efficiency savings or school improvements, and understand how these partnerships can be measured.

‘’ –

‘’ –

Overview of the day

David BrownDavid Brown, National Policy Adviser (Schools), DfE’s Commissioning Support Programme and Visiting Professor, University of WolverhamptonDavid has a long career in education and children’s services. He was Headteacher of Hamstead Hall School in Birmingham,one of the top performing state schools, and after supporting another school as Executive Headteacher moved to be Director of Children’s Services in Walsall. He is Visiting Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Wolverhampton and an Honorary Research Fellow and Associate at the Centre for Public Service Partnerships at the University of Birmingham.

Judith CooperHeadteacher, Willingdon Primary SchoolWillingdon Primary School is a large primary school in Eastbourne that has a hearing support facility. The school is part of a soft federation with another large primary school and a large secondary school. Judith has been teaching for 22 years and has experience across infant and primary schools in London and the South East.

Joe HymanDirector of Extended Schools Study Support ContinYouJoe joined ContinYou after five years working for the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, managing national youth crime prevention programmes and advising Ministerson measures aimed at reducing youth offending. He is also a Special Educational Needs Governor at Gospel Oak Primary School in north London.

John Kennedy HMIOne of Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI), John has extensive experience of inspecting schools and has been involved in joint area reviews of local authorities. His particular areas of expertise are secondary education, the management of attendance and behaviour, safeguarding pupils and extended schools. John is a Link HMI for three local authorities and is the HMI Advisor for extended schools.

Gill MillsHeadteacher, Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School Having led her school to ‘outstanding’ status, Gill works extensively with other schools, providing support for raising standards or supporting an inexperienced senior leader. She works alongside colleagues within the Local Partnership for Children to improve the facilities and support for children and families. She understands that schools are very individual institutions despite having a common function, believing that external support and advice is best delivered in partnership with the key professionals within a school.

Peter RogersDirector of National Programmes, 4ChildrenPeter and his team supports local authorities to achieve Full Core Offer for Childcare and the DfE Holiday Pilot Scheme. His role also involves him in the support and development of 4Children’s direct delivery programme which includes providing Sure Start centres, out of school activities and youth provisions across the UK. In his spare time he works directly with young people as a Scout Leader and Duke of Edinburgh’s award scheme assessor as well as working with young offenders.

Mark ScarboroughSenior Consultant for Extended Services, VT GroupMark has been in education for over 26 years and has written a number of papers and publications on extended schools that are used as best practice nationally. In his present role, Mark is helping to reshape the ‘cluster way of working’ in Surrey, to ensure that it is sustainable and future proofed. His responsibilities include Extended Services, Community Improvement Partnerships, Study Support, Play Services, Community Languages, and Community Learning Special Projects.

Keynote speakers

‘’ – Programme of the day

‘’ –★ gain practical ideas for ensuring collaborations are effective and sustainable

★ utilise the efficiency opportunities partnerships bring

★ consider Executive Headships and sharing School Business Managers

★ examine how to measure the impact of working collaboratively

★ view available funding opportunities

★ share approaches to partnership development

★ hear case studies of best practice in improving behaviour, CPD development, embedding community cohesion and making partnerships effective

Attend thisconference to:

Friday 24th September 201076 Portland Place, London

Conference code: 10T/01752

HOW TO BOOK Email: [email protected]: 01372 834443Post: Training and Conferences, VT Group Bay Tree Avenue, Kingston Road Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7UEOnline: www.vtfours.co.uk/cpdonlineCall: 0800 0734444 ext 835008

CONFERENCE CHARGE

£229.00 (£269.08 inc VAT) per delegate

£458.00 (£538.15 inc VAT) for 3 delegates To send 3 delegates for the price of 2, please complete and return the booking form by email, fax or post.

YOUR DETAILS Please use capital letters. Delegate 1 NAME: JOB TITLE: EMAIL: Delegate 2 NAME: JOB TITLE: EMAIL: Delegate 3 NAME: JOB TITLE: EMAIL: Establishment: ADDRESS: POSTCODE: TEL NO:

I authorise payment for event:

Name: Signed: Any dietary / disability requirements:

VENUE INFORMATION 76 Portland Place, London W1B 1NTTel: 020 7470 4884 www.76portlandplace.com

PAYMENTYour place will be confirmed upon receipt of full payment.Please indicate your preferred method of payment.

PLEASE INVOICE MY ESTABLISHMENT

Purchase Order No:

I ENCLOSE A CHEQUE (made payable to VT Four S)

£

SEMINARSPlease indicate delegates preferred seminars for Session 1 and Session 2. Allocation is subject to availability.

Delegate Delegate Delegate 1 2 3 SESSION 1 A) Improving Behaviour

B) Community Cohesion

C) Funding Opportunities

SESSION 2 D) Raising Standards

F) Voluntary Groups

E) Partnership CPD For full terms and conditions, please visit our website at www.vtfours.co.uk/termsandconditions





Friday 24th September 2010 76 Portland Place,

London

Key Themes:• Creating sustainable partnerships

• Commissioning and making efficiencies

• Models of governance and leadership

• Funding opportunities available for clusters

• Measuring the impact of partnerships

• Improving behaviour and motivation

• The power of partnership CPD

• Effective partnerships within Ofsted

Case Studies:• Cross-in-Hand Church of England Primary School, East Sussex

• Edge Partnership of Schools, Birmingham

• Priory School, Bromley

• Willingdon Primary School, Eastbourne

• Yeading Junior School, Hayes

Department

of Education

discuss how to

commission and drive

efficiencies

Making a Difference to Children and Communities

Why should you attend?Be ready to embrace the anticipated empowerment of schools to manage funding and make key strategic decisions. Ensure every school partnership is effective, sustainable and delivering real value by hearing expert guidance and best practice case studies from those succeeding in collaborative working.

Who should attend?Headteachers, senior leaders, cluster managers, federation managers, extended services and multi-agency coordinators from all phases of education.







Media Partner: Media Partner:Supported by: Supported by: Brought to you by: Brought to you by:

Exhibitor opportunities:If you are interested in exhibiting at this conference, please contact Laura Snelling on 01372 834149 or email [email protected] for further information.

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