When: Thursday 12 June – Friday 13 June 2025
Where: ICC, Birmingham
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Join hundreds of your colleagues in person for the eleventh annual Inspiring Leadership Conference at the ICC, Birmingham. The sell-out two day conference is a valuable opportunity for headteachers and education leaders to get away from school and 100% focus and reflect on leadership, and network and learn from like-minded professionals.
The Inspiring Leadership conference is renowned for its ability to inspire leaders. Your two-day ticket will give you access to a programme packed full of inspiration with renowned keynote speakers, expert practitioners and of course, you, our senior leaders – for opportunities to reconnect with existing networks and make new ones. Bringing together a powerful line-up of keynote speakers from the world's of business, sport, the arts, humanities and, of course, education, is complemented by a diverse selection of innovative and inspiring experts drawn from across the education sector.
Keynote Speakers
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Ad Davies
Head of Talent Development at Gymshark
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Ben Hunt-Davis
Blympic Gold medallist and performance coach.
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Chris Packham CBE
Broadcaster, Author and Campaigner
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Darren Coxon
Co-Founder and Executive Director of Kompass Education
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Naomi Sesay
Head of Creative Equity at Channel 4, International Public Speaker, Broadcast TV Producer/Director, Entrepreneur
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Nicky Perfect
International hostage and crisis negotiator turned world renowned trainer, speaker and author
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Meet the Leader Theatre
Our second stage, held within the exhibition hall, offers a more intimate setting in which attendees can listen to debates around topical industry issues and one-to-one interviews with leaders from across the education sector.
Workshops & Masterclasses
The workshops and masterclasses at the Inspiring Leadership Conference 2025 are designed to equip school leaders with actionable strategies and fresh perspectives to tackle the challenges of leadership in education. These dynamic sessions provide an invaluable opportunity to learn from experienced practitioners, collaborate with peers, and bring back ideas to implement in your school.
Whether you're looking to develop your leadership voice or strengthen your leadership team, these workshops will offer practical tools and guidance to support your journey.
2025 Workshop & Masterclass themes
Leadership Development
These sessions focus on strategies and tools you can implement immediately to enhance senior leadership performance.
These include the latest developments in leadership best practice, different leadership styles and the development of core skills.
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Matters of the Moment
These sessions provide an in-depth look at the key challenges and issues currently impacting the education sector.
These include AI in education, Children in Care and what the Government could do to fix workload.
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2025 workshop and masterclass programme
The complete workshop programme, featuring topics on effective leadership skills, professional development, and practice-led learning, will be announced soon. Keep an eye on our website and social media for updates.
12 June at 13:45
Explore and reframe your people-pleasing tendencies
30 mins
What will they think?" - LIVE coaching workshop to explore and reframe your people-pleasing tendencies that are getting in the way of your effectiveness and eroding your resilience
Astrid Korin, Executive and Team Coach. Co-founder 'Inside Out: The Pathway to Resilient Leadership' - Inside Out: The Pathway to Resilient Leadership
Tim Brighouse. What can we learn from him about leadership and how would Tim be leading in today’s context?
30 mins
What can we learn from Tim Brighouse about leadership and how would Tim be leading in today’s context?
Steve Munby, Education Consultant and Visiting Professor, UCL London
Re-enchanting Equity: A Redemptive Approach to DEI Leadership
45 mins
Many leaders find themselves disenchanted with diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, struggling to move beyond compliance-driven approaches towards meaningful, lasting change. This session introduces a Redemptive Approach to DEI Leadership, helping participants re-enchant their equity work by shifting from exploitative or transactional practices to a transformative and ethical leadership model.
Angie Browne, Being Luminary Founder & Director - Being Luminary
Re-thinking leadership: what do we really need our school leaders to be like?
30 mins
This interactive and reflective session will draw on new global research into leader learning and development.
Liz Robinson, Co-Director and CEO, Big Education - Big Education
Making every teacher adaptive and inclusive with effective CPD
30 mins
In this workshop Amjad will explore strategies that Every Teacher should know to be an adaptive teacher, and how to deliver those through effective CPD.
Amjad Ali, Teacher, trainer, TEDx speaker and Trust Training and Inclusion Lead. - Try This Teaching
12 June at 14:45
Can we fix the workload crisis in schools?
40 mins
Excessive workload continues to be a major challenge for English schools and is frequently cited as a reason for teachers and leaders leaving the profession.
James Bowen, NAHT Assistant General Secretary (Policy, Research, Press and Communications) - NAHT
13 June at 11:30
Why compassionate leadership - why now?
30 mins
Explore the power and potential of a more compassionate approach to leadership, and the impact this could have on the creation of a kinder and more humane education system.
Maggie Farrar, Director, Empowering Leadership and Steve Elliott, Director, Inspiring Leadership Events - Inspiring Leadership Events
Powering up your questioning
30 mins
Why is high-quality questioning so important in great teaching and how can you power up your questioning, taking this to the next level?
Bruce Robertson, Director of Next Level Educational and Author
Making learning matter through play and promising practice
30 mins
Combining narratives of leadership, learning and joy, Hywel will share his ideas around 'botheredness', and its key principle that if children feel part of a community, they won't drop out.
Hywel Roberts
Managing conflict and navigating challenging conversations positively.
30 mins
Conflict is unavoidable and challenging conversations inevitable! How do we navigate both so that we build the most positive and constructive relationships, ensuring we adopt a solution-focussed rather than a problem-obsessed approach (and encourage others to do the same)?
Jill Berry, Former head, now leadership development consultant
“ A fantastic opportunity to give yourself space to reflect, be inspired and challenged. It is so well organised with amazing speakers who are quite diverse. You cannot help but feel valued, refreshed and inspired - a real help to enabling you to be a leader your staff deserve.”
– 2024 delegate
Booking Information
Our conference package offers school leaders the chance to attend as an individual, with colleagues or as a leadership team.
SOLD OUT - Early Bird £470 + VAT
Standard Registration - £499 + VAT
To qualify for a group booking all delegate bookings must be made at one time and one invoice will apply for the group. NB. A unique email address is required for each member of the group.
Group bookings (5 - 9) - £440 + VAT per person.
Group bookings (10 - 19) - £420 + VAT
Groups (20+) - £400 + VAT
*Only one discount can be applied at any time.
Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email which includes your receipt/invoice. Please note invoices will need to be paid to Inspiring Leadership Events Ltd. Payment details can be found on your invoice.
VAT is chargeable on the conference fee, however, this may be reclaimed from HM Revenue and Customs by schools and organisations through their normal VAT reclaim route. NB. Channel Island delegates will need to pay VAT, please click here (Section 2) to read more information on this subject.
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