Dr Carl Ward, Chair of the Foundation for Education Development

Alex Bellos, Author and Broadcaster

How can schools create positive senses of belonging?

Chair:

• Ali Durban, Co‑Founder of Gesher School

Panelists:

• Dr Claire Tasker, Headteacher at High Storrs School
• Sally Burtonshaw, Director of Education at Public First
• Nicole Ponsford, CEO at the Global Equality Collective

Can we build a golden thread of creativity through the system?

Chair:

• Roberta Thomson, Education Policy and Product Director at Pearson

Panelists:

• Elliot Seller, Head of Connected Home, Innovation and Product Partnerships at Vodafone
• Jenna Crittenden, Teacher Advocacy Lead at the Chartered College of Teaching
• Dr Penny Hay, Professor of Imagination and Reader in Creative Teaching and Learning at Bath Spa University

– Do we need to do more to connect education to the economy?

Chair:

Panelists:

• Lord Jim Knight, Director at Suklaa
• James Caan CBE, Former Dragon and Serial Entrepreneur
• Melissa Farnham, CEO of ASDAN
• Nikki Wakefield, Strategic Careers Hub Lead at Enterprise Oxfordshire

What do we need to do to improve math’s teaching and learning?

Chair:

• James Cheater, Director of External Projects at White Rose Maths

Panelists:

• Shaheen Hassan, Assistant Professor at the University of Warwick
• Jennie Forde, Maths Hub Lead at Bucks, Berks and Oxon (BBO) Maths Hub

From classroom to home: building skills across boundaries and generations.

Chair:

• Jo Malone, FED Executive Team

Panelists:

• Michael Engelhard, UK CEO of Skills Builder Partnership
• Bogdan Pop, Skills for Life at INTEL
• Tara Jussa, Digital Inclusion Officer at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

What does it mean to be a literate 21st‑century citizen?

Chair:

• Eylan Ezekiel, Head of Hamilton Brookes

Panelists:

• Gavin Govinden, Principal at Furzefield Primary Academy
• Shareen Wilkinson, Director of Education at LEO Academy Trust
• Marlon James‑Edwards, Manager of Upward Bound UK
• Sally Burtonshaw, Director of Education at Public First

What does creativity mean in your setting?
 
Facilitator:

• Fran Wilby, Head of Rethinking Assessment

What’s the one big thing you would change in education?

A chance for you to make your suggestions, with guest contributors.

12.30pm –12.55pm and 1.00pm – 1.25pm

Andreas Schleicher, Director of Education and Skills at the Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD)

Secondary English – Increasing reading engagement

• Ian Fitzpatrick, Managing Director at Daisy Education
  
  

Reading with AI – Literacy research from Northern Ireland schools

• Eylan Ezekiel – Head of Hamilton Brookes
  
  

Building Belonging – Reshaping classrooms for inclusion

• Ellie Costello, Executive Director at Square Peg
  
  

The One Big Thing – What’s the one big change leading CEOs would make to improve schools?

• Emily Verow, CEO at Three Spires Trust
• Dan Morrow, CEO at Cornwall Education Learning Trust
• Philip Hedger, CEO at LEO Academy Trust

Dina Ghobashy, Director of Global Education Transformation at Microsoft, in conversation with Professor Patrick Alexander, Professor of Education and Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University.

Dr Carl Ward, Chair at the Foundation for Education Development