This years conference took take place virtually on the 25th of March 2023 - platform Microsoft Teams

Keynote speakers:

Tim Bowman Director of Stockport Education

Young Carers speaker - Katy Frankland & colleague from Signpost for Carers

Poverty Proofing speaker - Nicki White Senior School Improvement Adviser Primary

Conference Agenda

09.00     Registration

09.15     Welcome

09.20     Tim Bowman Stockport Director of Education

09.50     Young Carers in Schools

10.15     Workshops session 1

11.00     coffee/break - boil the kettle in advance

11.15     Workshops session 2

12.00     Key note speaker on Poverty Proofing -Nikki White

13.00     Close

There were 6 virtual workshop available over 2 sessions

1. Safeguarding - led by Julia Storey, Senior Adviser Safeguarding Children in Education
2. Finance - led by Peter Hughes CSS Finance Manager
3. Impact of austerity on SEND - led by Tom Gadsby Senior School Improvement Adviser Primary & Rob Rogers Senior School Improvement Adviser Secondary
4. Succession planning and recruitment for your board - led by Janet Myers, NGA Regional Lead(North West), NGA Consultant, National Leader of Governance.   
5. Diversity are we making progress - led by Nicole Hand Ethnic Diversity Head of Service & Pam Dunham Head of Governor Services
6. Staff wellbeing - led by Tracey Higgins, Senior School Improvement Adviser Primary and Tanya Cross, Health and Wellbeing School Coordinator