Developing very able students at post-16 - London

Programme

09.00 – 9.45	Registration and Refreshments
09.45 – 10.00	Chair’s Welcome and Introduction Richard Gould, Director, Villiers Park Educational Trust
10.00 – 10.30 Keynote 1	Policy update: what is expected of schools & colleges for very able students at post-16?
10.30 – 11.00 Keynote 2	Creating high performing post-16 learners: preparing top candidates for universities and students with outstanding employability skills Professor Deborah Eyre, International Education Consultant & Visiting Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
11:00 – 11:30	Morning Refreshments
11.30 – 12.00 Keynote 3	Provision for very able post-16 students in the new Ofsted inspection framework Tom Winskill HMI, 14-19 Adviser, Ofsted
12:00 – 12:10	Question and answer session
12:10 – 13:10	Streamed Sessions 1
1A		1B	1C
Engaging colleagues in motivating, inspiring and challenging very avle post-16 students Moira Sheehan, Principal Project Leader for Gifted & Talented, Villiers Park Educational Trust		Helping very able students access top universities: building links with universities, raising students’ aspirations & providing relevant enrichment Nik Miller, Programme Manager, University of York	Developing very able students’ personal, learning and thinking skills and encouraging creativity Jackie Beere OBE, Education Consultant and former Headteacher
13:10 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 Keynote 4	Developing a culture where very able post-16 students are supported in the move towards independent learning Moira Sheehan, Principal Project Leader for Gifted and Talented, Villiers Park Educational Trust
14:30 – 15:30	Streamed Sessions 2
2A		2B	2C
Practical strategies for differentiating learning in lessons to help students access the new A* Ian Warwick, Senior Director, London Gifted and Talented		Case study: extension and enrichment activities to raise achievement amongst very able learners Carol Kelsall, Director of Sixth Form, Impington Village College	Practical tips on leading provision for very able students at post-16: developing your policy & action plan, helping colleagues create challenge at a high level Sarah Russell, Director of Curriculum & 14-19 Development, Queen Mary's College
15:30 – 15:50	Afternoon Refreshments
15:50 – 16:40	Streamed Sessions 3
3A		3B	3C
Extended Project Qualification: tapping into your very able students’ talents Paul Bowers Isaacson Freelance Curriculum Developer and Assessor		Tackling underachievement in the classroom: ensuring your very able learners reach their full potential John Senior, Educational Consultant and Author	Engaging students in learning and developing them as subject specialists Dan Beale, Senior Lecturer - Teaching Mentor, South Downs College
16:40	Conference Close