The Free Schools Conference: Roadmap to Opening. Conference Highlights
Registration will begin at the 8:30am Networking Breakfast where Toby Young will be available to sign copies of the new edition of 'How to Set up a Free School'.
Conference highlights will include:
Marketing and Communication Matters:
As the Lead Proposer and Co-Founder of the WLFS, Toby Young will talk about:
• Responding to your critics
• Managing the media, both locally and nationally
• Avoiding negative publicity
• Ensuring your school is fully subscribed
Legal Matters:
The DfE does not give legal advice to free school proposer groups. With that in mind, we can confirm that Graham Burns, Education Partner of Stone King, will talk about:
• Guaranteeing admission of proposers’ children
• Making sure your admissions policy is compliant with the Admission Code
• De-risking your statutory consultation
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• The Funding Agreement
Project Management: The West London Free School plus project management company BDO will talk about:
• Outsourcing to an established project management company or going it alone?
• Deciding whether you have the capability and capacity within your proposer group
• Managing the Local Authority, the Department for Education and other important constituencies
Recruitment: David Binney of TES Prime will talk about:
• Crafting your advertisement to attract the right candidates for the position of Principal Designate
• Engaging your target candidate audience
• Assessing and selecting the right candidate.
Site Matters: Lara Newman from the Education Funding Agency will talk about. Premises success factors
ICT: It's All About Learning. James Penny of European Electronique will talk about IT as an essential element of any Free School.
• How ICT can impact on learning outcomes – making sure it supports your vision
• How to you make sure you get what you want and what you need
• ICT and Education Transformation
Finally, we are delighted to confirm that Elizabeth Truss and Lord Adonis will give keynote addresses and Dr David Green from Education Think-tank Civitas will talk about: The core-knowledge approach and the renewal of teaching as a vocation.
We look forward to welcoming you on Saturday 15th June 2013
Kate McGale Year 7
