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Around 800 Lift Schools colleagues from 15 schools across the North gathered this week for the region’s first in-person education conference, highlighting the power of local collaboration.
The North Regional Education Conference, held at Lift Firth Park, marked the first time the region’s pupil-facing colleagues - who collectively support nearly 7,000 students - have gathered in person for a day of connection, collaboration and professional development.
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The one-day event featured two keynote addresses from school leadership speaker Andy Buck and Lift Schools CEO Becks Boomer-Clark, as well as a schedule of 15 expert-led workshops. The sessions were delivered by a mix of internal specialists and external speakers, including Seamus Murphy, Jean Gross OBE and Paul Ainsworth. Internal speakers included:
Days like today energise you through the times when people can’t be together in person. It’s been brilliant to see so many terrific sessions and so much energy; it feels like a new era for the North - Lift Schools CEO Becks Boomer-Clark
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The workshops targeted essential drivers of school excellence, spanning from student attendance and oracy to digital transformation and the achievement of our Lift 490 goals.
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Nigel Whittle, Regional Education Director for the North, said: “The North Regional Education Conference was a hugely important day in all of our calendars. It was an opportunity for nearly 800 colleagues from across the region to gather together for the first time in person, but also to receive expert input from educators up and down the country as well as from within our own trust.”
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Lift Schools CEO Becks Boomer-Clark added: “Lift Schools is a national network, but we definitely exist to have a local impact. Our regional model is a really important part of ensuring that every teacher, every leader, and every person who works at Lift Schools feels connected face-to-face with other people doing similar work and facing similar challenges. Days like today energise you through the times when people can’t be together in person. It’s been brilliant to see so many terrific sessions and so much energy; it feels like a new era for the North.”
