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NAHT East Midlands Conference 2025

AI Survival Kit for Schools

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Time: 8:45am - 3.45pm
Venue: Findel Education, Pintal Close, Netherfield, NG4 2SG Impington, Cambridge CB24 9PH
Room: TBA

Members Early Bird - only 25 available:  £25.00
Members:
  £35.00
Non-members:  £55.00*

*Join NAHT on the day at the event and you will receive a voucher towards the conference fee!
Lunch and refreshments are included within the ticket price.

The East Midlands conference will support you in growing your confidence in an educational landscape ever shaped by AI. Hear from experts across the fields of AI pedagogy, practice and policy and ask key questions.

Bring along your leadership team and extend the learning beyond yourself.


Welcome to our Speakers

Darren Coxon

Darren is an education leader specialising in helping schools make sense of AI in their context.

An educator for 25 years, Darren has most recently managed the operation of school groups, notably Brighton College’s international schools. Darren has been at the forefront of educational technology for many years, he is now a major thought leader on AI in education and has delivered training, keynotes, and workshops for NAHT at the most recent inspiring leaders conference.

 

 

 

 

Leicester Primary Partnership

Leicester Primary Partnership working group have been developing an AI policy framework. The team will join us to lead a session, sharing their research and findings as well as discuss the practical steps needed when engaging with AI policy.

 

Amazing People Schools

The creators of Amazing People Schools will come to share their work with you. Developed by educators, Amazing People Schools has been carefully designed to support young people to develop the vital human capabilities that will support them throughout primary school and as they look towards transitioning to secondary.

Its positive impact can be felt in areas such as personal development (particularly mental health and well-being), EDI, cross-curricular learning and overall school improvement.

Claire Wilson

Clare Wilson, Head of Digital Traded Services for Derbyshire, is leading a session on school and cyber safety and highlighting the challenges that AI poses to data protection and cyber safety in schools and offering guidance and advice

Clare’s background as a Data Protection Officer, an author, senior examiner, teacher trainer and teacher of law. Her wealth of experience and insight into the evolving digital landscape in education, and we her background makes her uniquely placed to understand the impact of data protection legislation on the management and governance of a school.

 

Rob Smith

Rob is Regional Head for NAHT East Midlands and a trade union employment lawyer with over 25 years' experience and is very experienced at supporting members whose careers are at risk, including dealing with parental abuse.

Parental abuse and complaints are one of the most significant causes of stress, anxiety and increased workload for school leaders. AI has only exacerbated the situation. Whilst we may not be able to prevent complaints there are practical steps which can be employed to help manage and control the impact these challenges have on you and your school.Rob will be leading a session on tackling the increasing problem of online parental abuse and complaints in an AI world.

 


Programme

0845 - 0900 Registration, refreshments and networking
0900 - 0915 Conference Welcome - Caroline Rodgers, NAHT Regional Secretary
0915 - 1030 Keynote Speaker - Darren Coxon - Darren Coxon, Pedagogy and practical use of AI in your school
1030 - 1045 Refreshments and networking
1045 - 1145 Leicester Primary Partnership - Sharing AI best practice in school from Leicester City
1145 - 1200 Sponsor presentation - Findel Education
1200 - 1300 Lunch
1300 - 1330 Amazing People Schools
1330 - 1430 Claire Wilson - Cyber Security
1430 - 1445 Refreshments 
1445 - 1530 Rob Smith - Managing onlie abuse from parent/carers effectively
1530 - 1545 Conference wrap-up and close - Caroline Rodgers, NAHT Regional Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programe subject to change

Click here for booking terms, conditions and code of conduct.