Conferences brought to you by Optimus Education

Our one day national conferences bring the country's leading speakers together, helping you go back to your school ready to implement new policy. Delegates take away the latest practical strategies and new contacts on a range of topics including Special Educational Needs, Gifted & Talented, Teaching and Learning, Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning and Child Protection, as well as the most recent legal guidance and advice.

Delivering Outstanding Parental Engagement
Wed 12 Jun 2013
Delivering Outstanding Parental Engagement
Successfully communicate and engage with “hard to reach” families, measure the impact on pupil progress and effectively evidence outcomes to Ofsted
Optimus Education’s 8th annual Delivering Outstanding Parental Engagement conference is the definitive event of the year to ensure you are connecting with all families, accurately measuring the impact of your strategies and successfully demonstrating outcomes to Ofsted. 
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Achieving Progress through Assessment for Learning
Tue 18 Jun 2013
Achieving Progress through Assessment for Learning
Practical methods for embedding AfL consistently across the curriculum to successfully support, promote & demonstrate pupil progress
Assessment for Learning is the only research-proven method of raising achievement. With more accountability for progress than ever before, ensuring it is embedded across your school has never been more important.  This conference will equip you with a raft of practical, easy-to-implement strategies for embedding AfL effectively across your whole school, and ensuring your pupils achieve effective progress.
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Looked After Children
Thu 20 Jun 2013
Raise the Aspirations & Attainment of Looked After Children - Birmingham
Demonstrating high-impact use of the Pupil Premium, and effective collaborative working
A day to gain proven high-impact intervention strategies and practical guidance on addressing the specific educational and emotional barriers faced by looked after children in schools. 
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Tue 17 Sep 2013
Child Protection in Education 2013 / London
Updated guidance and new legal obligations
This event is the definitive event of the year to clarify the latest national guidance and legislation for schools. Attend to ensure that your safeguarding policies and procedures are compliant and effectively safeguarding all students. 
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Prevent, Avoid and Manage Exclusions
Wed 18 Sep 2013
Prevent, Avoid and Manage Exclusions
Practical and legal guidance around exclusion decisions and how to make effective use of alternative and preventative strategies
Ensure you are prepared to deal with your top priorities and needs around school exclusions. Optimus Education will provide legal and practical advice to ensure you and well equipped to prevent and manage exclusions
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Implementing Performance-Related Pay
Tue 24 Sep 2013
Implementing Performance-Related Pay
Develop a robust, transparent system for measuring performance accurately, evidencing pay decisions clearly and ensuring good performance is rewarded fairly
 The introduction of performance-related pay will bring a raft of complex issues around practical implementation and legal uncertainty. Providing you with expert legal and practical guidance, this event will help you implement performance-related pay fairly, transparently and with minimum challenge.
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Thu 26 Sep 2013
The Pupil Premium: Demonstrating Impact and Reporting Outcomes - Birmingham
Best practice for innovative use of PPG; evaluating and reporting effectiveness to Ofsted
This is the definitive event of the year to ensure you and your school are utilising Pupil Premium interventions that have been proven to work, accurately evaluating their impact and successfully reporting this to Ofsted.
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Thu 10 Oct 2013
Progression and Achievement: Gifted & Talented 2013
Practical strategies to embed stretch and challenge, raise aspirations and secure outstanding progress for your more able pupils
The 12th in a long line of Gifted & Talented conferences, this is undeniably the event of the year for G&T co-ordinators. Come away with a toolkit packed full of innovative classroom strategies, as well as a vital update of where we currently stand with G&T provision.
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Design and Deliver an Outstanding Secondary Computing Curriculum
Tue 15 Oct 2013
Design and Deliver an Outstanding Secondary Computing Curriculum
Develop and assess a balanced computing curriculum, lead staff CPD and effectively integrate new technologies to promote pupil engagement
The new computing curriculum will be published this autumn; the new expectations it brings place a great deal of responsibility on you. This conference will equip you with practical strategies to implement CPD, design and deliver a balanced programme of study and effectively embed new technology across your curriculum.
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Thu 17 Oct 2013
Child Protection in Education 2013 / Birmingham
Updated guidance and new legal obligations
This event is the definitive event of the year to clarify the latest changes to vetting and barring in schools and colleges, hear vital updates on revised guidance and take away expert legal consul on specific safeguarding issues.
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