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CONFERENCE FOCUS

The PE & Sport Conference: Aim High, Lead Strong! provides leaders and teachers in PE & Sport with tools and strategies needed to excel in their roles. With a wide range of sessions focusing on key areas, attendees can expect an enriching experience.

This vibrant conference features keynote sessions focussing on the qualities required of an outstanding leader and what defines high quality PE teaching. Achieving outstanding results in A-Level and GCSE PE is another focal point of the conference, providing practical strategies for exam preparation. Attendees will also explore further breakout sessions covering high quality staff professional learning, spotting sporting talent, creating a culture for girls’ excellence, and using digital technology and AI in their teaching.

The conference aims to inspire, empower, and equip leaders and teachers to elevate their practice and achieve excellence in PE and sport. Whether you’re looking to enhance your leadership skills, improve teaching effectiveness, or boost exam results, Aim High, Lead Strong! has something for everyone in the f ield.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

• Discover what makes an outstanding leader of PE & Sport
• Find out more about how you can ensure high quality PE and sport teaching in your school
• Gain strategies on how to create the climate and culture for girls to achieve success in PE and sport
• Take away high quality techniques and tactics appropriate to highly able students
• Learn how to spot talent and drive students into elite level sport
• Discover the potential for technology and AI in PE and sport
• Understand what examiners are looking for in outstanding responses at A-Level and GCSE PE

PROGRAMME

Introduction & Welcome:

10.00am 

Steve Smith– Head of Professional Development, Keynote Educational

Outstanding Leadership in PE and Sport

10.05am

• What makes an outstanding leader of PE & Sport?
• Communicating the vision, changing the culture and the mentality of your team
• How do you build from good to outstanding leadership?
• How do you develop yourself to ensure you become an outstanding leader?
• How can you achieve all of this without worrying about the battle with imposter syndrome?

Marcus Sharrad – Director of Coaching & Mentoring, Head of Exercise and Sports Sciences, Marlborough College

Morning Break

11.00am

High Quality Teaching in PE and Sport

11.20pm

• What defines high quality practical PE and sport teaching?
• Why does the quality of teaching vary so much from school to school?
• Breadth v Depth • Looking deeper – what’s on offer? the variation – are we catering for all different groups?
• How to ensure high standards and an insightful curriculum?

Chris Dossett – Chair of PADSIS. Experienced Director of Sport.

Breakout Strand 1

12.10pm

1A: Achieving Outstanding Results in A-Level PE Exams

• What examiners are looking for in Grade A/A* responses
• The latest evidence-based practice that challenges A/A* students
• A detailed look at the different demands of questions
• Innovative teaching ideas for your most able students

Jackie Brookes – Educational Consultant, CPD Trainer and PE Examiner

1B: Achieving Outstanding Results in GCSE PE Exams

• What examiners are looking for in Grade 8/9 responses
• Exploring characteristics of outstanding work
• A detailed look at the different demands of questions
• Innovative teaching ideas for your most able students

Ross Howitt – Educational Consultant, PE Examiner and Author

Lunch

1.00pm

Breakout Strand 2

2.00pm

2A: High Quality PE Staff Professional Learning

• Creating a first-rate teaching and learning education in PE – ensuring your staff contribute to raising the same high aspirations
• Methods and approaches to establish highly ambitious subject and pedagogical knowledge, to promote deep knowledge and understanding across the PE curriculum
• Developing the skills and confidence PE staff need to teach challenging topics

Stuart Maddock – Head of Educational Technology, Millfield School

2B: Spotting Sporting Talent: Stretching and Challenging Able PE & Sport Students

• Challenging and stretching able students to attain excellence
• High quality techniques and tactics appropriate to highly able students
• Competitive sport and wider culture
• Driving students into elite level sport and professional academies

Marcus Sharrad – Director of Coaching & Mentoring, Head of Exercise and Sports Sciences, Marlborough College

Break

2.45pm

Breakout Strand 3

2.55pm

3A: Creating a Culture for Girls to Achieve Excellence in PE & Sport

• Women’s and girls’ sport in the media and closer to home – the importance of role models
• What are we doing to make PE and sport attractive to girls?
• What’s going on in our lessons to maintain girls’ interest and engagement in sport?

Chris Dossett – Chair of PADSIS. Experienced Director of Sport.

3B: Using Digital Technology and AI to Advance Teaching and Learning in PE & Sport

• The potential for AI in PE and sport
• Using advanced digital technology to raise attainment in PE and sport
• Ways digital technology and AI can minimise teacher workload
• Preparing PE students for further education, study and work in an AI world

Stuart Maddock – Head of Educational Technology, Millfield School

Depart

3.40pm