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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.

2025 Workshop & Masterclass themes

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.

2025 workshop and masterclass programme

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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11:15
  1. 30 mins
    What has her illustrious career taught Amanda Spielman about leadership and maximizing impact?
    Hosted by School Week 
12:45
  1. 60 mins
    * What is wellbeing? A hugely misunderstood concept.
    Hosted by Schools Advisory Service
14:00
  1. Meet the Leader Theatre
    30 mins
    Sufian Sadiq has become one of the sector’s most prominent advocates for better teacher and leadership development. So he’s well placed to reflect on the government’s commitments to a training entitlement and 6,500 new teachers.
    Hosted by Schools Week 
  2. 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.
  3. 30 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?
  4. 30 mins
    This interactive and reflective session will draw on new global research into leader learning and development.
  5. 30 mins
    In this workshop, we will look at what we can do both as individuals and as a whole school so the whole school community can all thrive.
     
  6. 30 mins
    What can we learn from Tim Brighouse about leadership and how would Tim be leading in today’s context?
  7. 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.
14:45
  1. 30 mins
    Join international keynote speaker and author Jaz Ampaw-Farr for an exclusive screening of the powerful new short documentary about her life, produced by NOSCO Films and currently being considered by BAFTA-qualifying flim festivals.
  2. 30 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. 
  3. 30 mins
    The workshop will explore: What we mean by the term Parental Engagement? 
  4. 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
  5. 30 mins
    From landing her first headship at 29 as a beneficiary of New Labour’s ‘Fast Track Teaching’ leadership programme to co-founding a multi-academy trust with adviser to both Tony Blair and Sir Keir Starmer, Peter Hyman, Liz Robinson understands what drives Labour’s education thinking more than most. 
    Hosted by School Week 
  6. 30 mins

    The old pillars of accountability are shifting. Ofsted’s single overall grade has been removed, and performance tables remain fragmented post-Covid. Yet the pressures on school leaders haven’t eased.

     

  7. 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.
  8. 30 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.

     

11:45
  1. 30 mins

    How do we build a more imaginative, less bureaucratic, more collaborative, cost-effective and inclusive, community-empowering approach to education with the goal of transforming life opportunities for children, young people and their families?

    Hosted by Schools Week 
12:00
  1. 30 mins
    This master class draws on Iesha’s personal experience from career pivots and accidental roles as an engineer to a maths teacher and assistant head. Then afterwards leaving teaching to work in a variety of roles in the non-profit sector including policy, research and communications.
  2. 30 mins
    This interactive session explores how current and aspiring leaders can build strong, values-driven school cultures by leading with relational consistency—balancing care with clear, calm boundaries.
  3. 30 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.
  4. 30 mins
    During this session, Shane will share some of the many issues that have occurred in schools and how he supported schools dealing with these matters including:
  5. 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)?
  6. 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?
  7. 30 mins
    After clashing with Professor Rob Coe (in a good way!) at the researchED 2024 National Conference, John Tomsett set out across the country to spend time with truly great teachers, to try to pin down what those teachers had in common that meant their pupils make great progress. 
     
12:15
  1. 45 mins
    Whether or not you caught Steve Chalke’s keynote prior to this session, you’re bound to leave this Q&A session inspired. We’ll get under the bonnet of Steve’s visionary leadership, which has seen him ...
    Hosted by Schools Week 

FAQs

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.