Explore Practical Insights and Enhance Your Leadership Skills

The workshops and masterclasses at the Inspiring Leadership Conference 2025 are designed to equip school leaders with actionable strategies and fresh perspectives to tackle the challenges of leadership in education. These dynamic sessions provide an invaluable opportunity to learn from experienced practitioners, collaborate with peers, and bring back ideas to implement in your school.

Whether you're looking to develop your leadership voice or strengthen your leadership team, these workshops will offer practical tools and guidance to support your journey.

Leadership Development

These sessions focus on strategies and tools you can implement immediately to enhance senior leadership performance.

These include the latest developments in leadership best practice, different leadership styles and the development of core skills.

Matters of the Moment

These sessions provide an in-depth look at the key challenges and issues currently impacting the education sector.

These include AI in education, Children in Care and what the Government could do to fix workload.

The complete workshop programme, featuring topics on effective leadership skills, professional development, and practice-led learning, will be announced soon. Keep an eye on our website and social media for updates.

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Explore and reframe your people-pleasing tendencies

30 mins

What will they think?" - LIVE coaching workshop to explore and reframe your people-pleasing tendencies that are getting in the way of your effectiveness and eroding your resilience

Astrid Korin, Executive and Team Coach. Co-founder 'Inside Out: The Pathway to Resilient Leadership' - Inside Out: The Pathway to Resilient Leadership
Tim Brighouse. What can we learn from him about leadership and how would Tim be leading in today’s context?

30 mins

What can we learn from Tim Brighouse about leadership and how would Tim be leading in today’s context?

Steve Munby, Education Consultant and Visiting Professor, UCL London
Re-enchanting Equity: A Redemptive Approach to DEI Leadership

45 mins

Many leaders find themselves disenchanted with diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, struggling to move beyond compliance-driven approaches towards meaningful, lasting change. This session introduces a Redemptive Approach to DEI Leadership, helping participants re-enchant their equity work by shifting from exploitative or transactional practices to a transformative and ethical leadership model.

Angie Browne, Being Luminary Founder & Director - Being Luminary
Re-thinking leadership: what do we really need our school leaders to be like?

30 mins

This interactive and reflective session will draw on new global research into leader learning and development.

Liz Robinson, Co-Director and CEO, Big Education - Big Education
Making every teacher adaptive and inclusive with effective CPD

30 mins

In this workshop Amjad will explore strategies that Every Teacher should know to be an adaptive teacher, and how to deliver those through effective CPD.

Amjad Ali, Teacher, trainer, TEDx speaker and Trust Training and Inclusion Lead. - Try This Teaching

In difficult times, difficult conversations made easier.

40 mins

Do we treat people differently based on their performance? How do we ensure that we get the right strategy and communicate it effectively for different teachers and leaders?

Martin Morgan, Director of Empower Education, Educational trainer and Leadership consultant

Can we fix the workload crisis in schools?

40 mins

Excessive workload continues to be a major challenge for English schools and is frequently cited as a reason for teachers and leaders leaving the profession.

James Bowen, NAHT Assistant General Secretary (Policy, Research, Press and Communications) - NAHT
Developing Parental Engagement in School

40 mins

The workshop will explore: What we mean by the term Parental Engagement?

Gemma Davis, Programme Director Learning with Parents - Learning with Parents

Why compassionate leadership - why now?

30 mins

Explore the power and potential of a more compassionate approach to leadership, and the impact this could have on the creation of a kinder and more humane education system.

Maggie Farrar, Director, Empowering Leadership

Steve Elliott, Director, Inspiring Leadership Events - Inspiring Leadership Events
Powering up your questioning

30 mins

Why is high-quality questioning so important in great teaching and how can you power up your questioning, taking this to the next level?

Bruce Robertson, Director of Next Level Educational and Author
Making learning matter through play and promising practice

30 mins

Combining narratives of leadership, learning and joy, Hywel will share his ideas around 'botheredness', and its key principle that if children feel part of a community, they won't drop out.

Hywel Roberts
Managing conflict and navigating challenging conversations positively.

30 mins

Conflict is unavoidable and challenging conversations inevitable! How do we navigate both so that we build the most positive and constructive relationships, ensuring we adopt a solution-focussed rather than a problem-obsessed approach (and encourage others to do the same)?

Jill Berry, Former head, now leadership development consultant
Include Me – I Need To Belong A Cultural Entitlement For All Learners

40 mins

This workshop highlights the importance a sense of ‘belonging’ for all of our children and young people in order to ensure that they are able to engage in a purposeful, healthy and engaged lifestyle to ensure all individuals develop into successful and independent adults.

Andrew Wright OBE, Chair of the Attachment Research Community

1. Who Are The Workshops and Masterclasses For?

The workshops are designed for CEO's, headteachers, heads of school /department and senior team members in leadership positions. They will also be some workshops for aspiring leaders and what we call unexpected leaders (accidental leaders). The sessions are also suitable for key staff from primary and secondary schools and other education institutions who are looking to enhance their professional development and gain relevant skills for their current roles.

2. Do I Need To Register In Advance?

Details about workshop registration will be provided once the programme is released. Some sessions may require pre-registration due to high demand or limited spaces.

3. Are The Workshops and Masterclasses Included In My Conference Ticket?

Yes, all workshops are included as part of your conference ticket. This ensures that every attendee has access to essential knowledge and key leadership tools shared during the sessions.

WORKSHOP PROGRAMME