19th January 2012 • Central One-day National Effective Conference Save £30 when you book before 16 December 2011 Leadership, Management & Accountability Comprehensive legal, financial and practical guidance to meet new standards of accountability

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• Gain a DfE update on the latest national policy and Dominic Herrington Director, Academies Delivery Group funding developments affecting secondary Academies DfE • Hear from Ofsted about the new inspection framework HMI and find out what inspectors will be looking for Tom Winskill Principal Officer, Framework Development • Ensure your staff are held accountable for your Ofsted pupils’ progress and attainment in an era of increased Chris Pickering accountability Executive Principal • Take away practical strategies for benchmarking your Diverse Academies Learning Partnership (DALP) Academy against others in your area to prove you’re Keith Wilkinson raising standards Headmaster Academy • Implement a range of methods to initiate formal and informal collaboration across a group of Academies to Judith Chadbourne School Business Manager benefit from economies of scale and achieve fiscal Sharnbrook Upper School savings Academy Federation of North Bedfordshire Schools www.oeconferences.com/academy-leadership

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Issue 47February 2005 19th January 2012 • Central London Effective Academy Leadership, Management & Accountability

Comprehensive legal, financial and practical guidance to meet new standards of accountability

Who should attend? ‘Heads and teachers should run schools and they should be l Headteachers more accountable to parents instead of politicians’ l Deputy and Assistant Headteachers Michael Gove MP, 16 June 2011 l Principals l Vice Principals Across the country, secondary Academies are under heavy scrutiny to raise l Governors standards and improve results. Academies are faced with rigorous reporting, l Bursars new legal obligations, a new Ofsted inspection framework and much greater l School Business Managers accountability. The pressure is on to demonstrate that you’re improving standards. With additional funds and freedoms, you are fully responsible for boosting Benefits of attending: standards. How will you prove that you’re continually raising standards to those to whom you’re accountable? l Take away effective strategies to share your data with parents and Optimus Education’s Effective Academy Leadership, Management and stakeholders to prove you’re raising Accountability conference is the next step for secondary Academies. This is standards the only one-stop opportunity to gain practical solutions from Senior Leaders in l Correctly work to new company Academies who have implemented effective systems of accountability. account standards as opposed to LA Find out exactly what inspectors will be looking for when Tom Winskill HMI, standards and confidently manage your briefs you on the accounts Principal Officer, Framework Development, Ofsted new Ofsted inspection framework. Tom will unpack the new Leadership and l Comply with your new obligations as a recently formed company and Management judgement of this latest national accountability measure so that you understand the new liabilities of know how to achieve Outstanding in Leadership and Management. governors as directors PLUS: Gain the latest information on national policy and funding changes l Handle and manage your new affecting secondary Academies from responsibilities as an employer, Dominic Herrington, Director, comply with TUPE and exercise flexibility Academies Delivery Group, DfE. with pay and conditions Take away tried and tested methods for holding your staff and Heads of Department to account for the progress and attainment of your pupils. Comments from delegates of Headmaster Keith Wilkinson and Deputy Headteacher, Edwin Preece, previous Optimus Education Chadwell Heath Academy will share practical strategies that they’ve Academy conferences: implemented to ensure all staff are held to account. ‘Excellent and informative speakers Attend a range of breakout sessions that will help you to: who were knowledgeable in their areas of expertise.’ l Develop partnerships and critical friends with other local Academies to benchmark H. Oghra, Bursar & Business Manager, your Academy against others in your area to demonstrate improved standards Dormers Wells High School l Comply with your new responsibilities for reporting to the new Education ‘Very useful indeed!’ Funding Agency, to governors and preparing statutory accounts K. Lewis, Headteacher, Hunters Hill l Implement greater formal and informal collaboration across a group of Technology College Academies to achieve fiscal savings and benefit from economies of scale ‘Very concise day with useful Return to your Academy with a range of strategies to ensure you remain information.’ S. Bashir, The Challenge College competitive and robust. Demonstrate proof to your stakeholders that you are raising standards. ‘Informative, well organised, but relaxed and purposeful.’ Please take a moment to look through the programme on the opposite page. Use J. McEachern, Deputy Headteacher, the booking form on the back to secure your place. We look forward to welcoming Cecil Jones College you in January. www.oeconferences.com/academy-leadership Programme

09.00 – 09.45 Registration & Refreshments Introduction and welcome from the Chair 09.45 – 10.00 Mark Blois, Head of Education Law, Browne Jacobson LLP Policy update: Take away the latest information on national policy and funding changes affecting 10.00 – 10.30 Secondary Academies • How will changes to the funding formula affect your Academy? Keynote 1 • Accountability expectations for Secondary Academies Dominic Herrington, Director, Academies Delivery Group, DfE Ofsted update: What will the new inspection framework look for in outstanding Academy Leadership 10.30 – 11.00 and Management? • Prepare for the new inspection framework Keynote 2 • How exactly will you be judged? Tom Winskill HMI, Principal Officer, Framework Development, Ofsted Questions 11.00 – 11.10 • Take this opportunity to question both the DfE and Ofsted on Secondary Academy Leadership, Management and Accountability 11.10 – 11.30 Morning Refreshments Extended Legal and Financial Q&A for Secondary Academy Leaders 11.30 – 12.00 • Come prepared with your burning questions and get the latest legal advice from experienced education lawyers and Legal Panel Academy finance experts • Submit your questions to the panellists before the event to [email protected] 12.00 – 12.50 Streamed Sessions 1 1A 1B 1C STAFF ACCOUNTABILITY ACCOUNTING LEGAL REQUIREMENTS Hold your teachers and Heads of Correctly manage your accounts Do’s and Don’ts: Avoiding legal pitfalls Department to account for the and work to new company account and knowing what must be in place as progress and attainment of pupils to standards, as opposed to LA standards a separate legal entity ensure continued improvement Alyson Howard FCCA CF, Chloe Brunton, Associate, Keith Wilkinson, Headmaster and Edwin Preece, Corporate Services Director, Veale Wasbrough Vizards Deputy Headteacher, Chadwell Heath Academy Williams Giles Ltd. 12.50 – 13.50 Lunch Academy group formation: A practical guide to forming a group of Academies within your locality 13.50 – 14.30 and leading from the centre • What can you gain by being at the centre of a group of Academies? Keynote 3 • How to make the most of your opportunities as a group Chris Pickering, Executive Principal, Diverse Academies Learning Partnership 14.30 – 15.20 Streamed Sessions 2 2A 2B 2C REPORTING LOCAL ACCOUNTABILITY NEW LEGAL OBLIGATIONS Meet your new reporting and fiscal Benchmark your Academy against Clarify your obligations as a newly obligations to the new Education others in your community to formed company and the new liabilities Funding Agency, governors and demonstrate improving standards of your governors as directors statutory accounts Shaun Fenton, Headmaster, Pate’s Grammar Nick Mackenzie, Associate, David Hoose, Director of Audit, Tax and School Browne Jacobson LLP Advisory, RSM Tenon 15.20 – 15.40 Afternoon Refreshments 15.40 – 16.30 Streamed Sessions 3 3A 3B 3C EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION EMPLOYMENT LAW STAKEHOLDER ACCOUNTABILITY Initiate more collaboration and formal Correctly handle your responsibilities Proactively share your data with joint contracts across a group to as an employer, comply with TUPE parents and stakeholders to ensure achieve economies of scale and understand variation of terms and better local accountability Judith Chadbourne, School Business Manager, contracts Alan McMurdo, C.E.O. & Principal, The Thomas Sharnbrook Upper School, Heather Bragg, Employment Solicitor, Browne Deacon Academy Academy Federation of North Bedfordshire Jacobson LLP Schools 16.30 Conference Close www.oeconferences.com/academy-leadership 19th January 2012 • Central London One-day National Conference Effective Academy Leadership, Management Save £30 when you book before 16th December 2011

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