Secondary Headship - London

Programme

09.00 – 09.45	Registration & Refreshments
09.45 – 10.00	Chair’s introduction & welcome
10.00 – 10.40 Keynote 1	The new legal landscape of ‘greater freedoms’ for managing staff in schools Mark Blois, Head of Education Law, Browne Jacobson LLP
10.40 – 11.20 Keynote 2	Surviving a challenging budget: finding strategic and pragmatic cost efficient solutions Nickii Messer, former School Business Manager, Consultant and NASBM Advisory Council member
11.20 – 11.50	Morning Refreshments
11.50 – 12.30 Keynote 3	Implications of the Education and Children Bill for school leaders
12.30 – 13.20	Streamed Sessions 1
1A			1B	1C	1D
Your legal obligations when carrying out redundancy programmes to ensure compliance with employment law Helen Badger, Associate, Browne Jacobson LLP			Budget planning and management: assessing spending decisions and analysing where cuts can be made	Successfully communicating and managing change in your school: getting staff on board and maintaining morale Kenny Frederick, Headteacher, George Green’s School	Correctly handle staff sickness and stress: meet your employer responsibilities and minimise the risk of grievances Naseem Nabi, Associate, Veale Wasbrough Vizards
13.20 – 14.20		Lunch
14.20 – 15.10		Streamed Sessions 2
2A			2B	2C	2D
Understanding the legal implications of restructuring your workforce: time-scales, job specifications and contractual changes Naseem Nabi, Associate, Veale Wasbrough Vizards			Exploring the implications of achieving Academy status: transferring staff, conducting a TUPE and other legal considerations Mark Blois, Head of Education Law, Browne Jacobson LLP	Managing staff performance: moving ‘satisfactory’ teachers towards ‘good’ and ‘outstanding’ Jackie Beere OBE, AST, SIP and former Headteacher	Working with middle managers: securing cooperation with the need to find efficiency savings Jacqui O’Connor MA, Deputy Head, St. Andrews CE School
15.10 – 15.30		Afternoon Refreshments
15.30 – 16.20		Streamed Sessions 3
3A			3B	3C	3D
Legal duties for managing poor performance and correct procedures for handling dismissals Helen Badger, Associate, Browne Jacobson LLP			Reviewing the role of support staff and ensuring effective deployment of teachers to find efficiency savings through restructuring	Managing challenging situations with staff: legal guidelines on flexible working, short-term contracts and retirement Richard Bird, former Headteacher and Legal Consultant, ASCL	Resilient leadership for challenging times: effectively managing the stress of delivering cost efficiencies and supporting your team
16:20		Conference Close