Capita Conferences Announce their National Alternative Provision in Education Conference - Leeds

LONDON - Aug. 8, 2013 - PRLog -- A One Day National Conference

Alternative Provision in Education

Friday 18^th October 2013 – Leeds

 

Chaired by:
David Moore CBE, Former HMI

Capita’s Alternative Provision in Education Conference comes at a time when schools are increasingly accountable for delivering quality assured alternative provision, allowing students to achieve equal educational outcomes as their peers in mainstream education. With the Department for Education recently reporting positive findings in the interim report on the school exclusion trial, you will gain an insight into lessons learnt from schools’ increased control over allocating funding and commissioning alternative provision.

 

 Attend this event to explore how schools, colleges, PRUs and local authorities can work together to provide effective alternative provision that enables students to progress back into mainstream school or on to further education, training and employment.

 

Expert Speakers Include:

 

·         Keynote Address: Sue Morris-King HMI, National Lead for Behaviour and Attendance, Ofsted

·         Diane Pickering, Principal, Landau Forte Academy

·         Julie Shave, Headteacher, Ashwell Pupil Referral Unit

·         John Thompson, Principal Adviser, 14-19, City of York Council

·         Janice Cahill, Headteacher, The Pendlebury Centre

·         Claire Patton, Headteacher, Whitehouse

·         Audrey Swann, Acting Head, Alternative and Complementary Education and Residential Service, Lancashire County Council

 

Benefits of Attending

·         You will hear from Ofsted on the criteria for alternative provision, to prepare you for inspections

·         Learn from a local authority involved in the school exclusion trial about increased school accountability for excluded children

·         Discover how to provide an effective learning environment for students with complex health needs

·         Hear about the experiences of a PRU that has recently gained academy status, and the benefits and challenges that this freedom brings

·         Explore how early intervention can accelerate the progress of children in alternative provision, and encourage reintegration into mainstream learning

·         Learn how to meet the demands of the raised participation age and ensure progression and retention of students within alternative provision post-16

 

Book Now

 

http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk/public-sector-conferences/education/full-conferences/article/alternative-provision-in-education-conference-2.html?code=SMMK

 

Download Brochure

 

http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk/pdfgen.html?filename=AlternativeProvisionLeedsOct13WOPDF.pdf&code=SMMK

 

Contact                                Matthew Guy    Matthew.guy@capita.co.uk        0207 960 7720