Workshops | HMC Spring Conference 2025

HMC Spring Conference 2025

8 May 2025

BMA House, London

Partnerships for the wider good
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Workshop Session A
Ai: Civitas report on the Future of Independent Education: findings and recommendations
Jim McConalogue, CEO, Civitas and Jodh Dhesi, Chief Executive Officer, King Edward VI Foundation, Birmingham
14.10 – 14.35
Aii: Creating, sustaining and developing partnerships
Jeremy Walker, Head Master, St Peter’s York and Sharon Keelan-Beardsley, Head, All Saints Catholic School, York
14.10 – 14.35
Aiii: Transformative partnerships – doing more with less
Andrew Grounds, Housemaster, St Edward's Oxford and Bex Holmes, Head of School Northern House Academy
14.10 – 14.35
Aiv: Feltham Sixth Form College – The story behind the foundation of a pioneering sixth form college in an historically underserved borough of London
Mark Nicholson, Deputy Head, Hampton School; Sarah Bainbridge, Head of Partnerships, Reach Academy; and Rebecca Taylor, Director of Outreach and Co-Curricular, Lady Eleanor Holles School Opened
14.10 – 15.10 (EXTENDED 1 HOUR WORKSHOP)
Workshop Session B
Bi. Leveraging successful partnerships to enable young people to fulfil their potential
Dr. Gitanjali Bhattachary, Head of Access and Partnerships, Director of Lumina and Tim Dalton, Director of Shaftesbury Enterprise
14.45 - 15.10
Bii. Understanding and communicating the impact of your partnerships: practical, low resource and meaningful ways to evaluate impact
Ben Jones, Director of Partnerships, Alleyn's School and Karl Edwards, Managing Director, ImpactEd Evaluation
14.45 - 15.10
Biii. Towards a national strategy for partnerships: the School Partnerships Alliance, 2025-27
Dr Joe Spence, Chief Executive, School Partnerships Alliance
14.45 - 15.10
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