Unlock Practical Insights and Enhance Your Leadership Skills

The workshops 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.

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Workshops

Our workshops are small, interactive breakout sessions where delegates will take part in guided discussions or live coaching sessions

Masterclasses

Our masterclasses are lecture style breakouts where you'll have the opportunity to listen and learn from experts in the education field.

Practical Solutions

Take away strategies and tools you can implement immediately to enhance senior leadership performance.

Expert-Led Sessions

Gain insights from inspiring educators and experienced leaders who understand the challenges you face.

Collaborative Learning

Engage in discussions, share best practices, and learn alongside other school leaders in a supportive environment.

Tailored Content

From administrative processes to effective collaboration, sessions are crafted to address your needs as a leader.

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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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, Teacher, Writer , Storyteller
Re-enchanting Equity: A redemptive approach to DEI leadership

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.

Angie Browne, Founder & Director - Being Luminary

A Manifesto for Hope

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

Steve Chalke MBE, CEO, Oasis Charitable Trust

Accidental leader? Embrace the pivot in your career

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.

Iesha Small, Consultant, Speaker and Author
Big on heart, strong on boundaries Seismic culture shifts through Relational Leadership

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.

Anna Kyrk, Consultant & Trainer: School Culture, Behaviour & Curriculum Design
Include Me – I Need To Belong A Cultural Entitlement For All Learners

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.

Andrew Wright OBE, Chair of the Attachment Research Community
Keeping schools safe is as important as the education being delivered within it.

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:

Shane Williams, Chief Executive Officer – Global Policing - Global Policing
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
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
This much I know about truly great teachers

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.

John Tomsett, Educational Consultant; erstwhile headteacher

An extended Q&A with… Steve Chalke

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

Steve Chalke MBE, CEO, Oasis Charitable Trust

Jean-Louis Dutant, Commissioning Editor, Schools Week

1. What Topics Will Be Covered?

The workshops will cover a broad range of topics relevant to school leadership. Expect sessions focused on improving your leadership style, developing practical skills, and enhancing the leadership standard within your school. We'll also be covering 'Matters of the Moment' including topics such as AI, Ofsted and School financials.

2. 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.

3. When Will The Full Programme Be Available?

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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. What Can I Expect To Gain From Attending?

By attending the workshops and masterclasses, you will gain critical understanding and depth of knowledge on topics that play a key role in your leadership journey. Attendees will leave with practical skills, actionable strategies, and enhanced assessment practices that can have a positive impact on their schools and leadership style.

7. How Will The Workshops And Masterclasses Help Me In My Role?

The workshops and masterclasses are designed to help participants in leadership positions build strong leadership capabilities, improve assessment practices, and gain essential knowledge that can be applied directly to their schools. They also provide opportunities to collaborate with peers and share best practices for improving the standard of practice in your school.

8. Will They Cover Specific Challenges In Secondary Schools?

Yes, several workshops will address challenges specific to secondary schools, including effective leadership skills for senior teams and implementing strategies to raise the standard of practice across key staff.

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