Susie Weaver

Education Director, Cabot Learning Federation

Susie is part of Cabot Learning Federation's executive team, supporting school improvement across the trust. She is responsible for a number of strategic areas including SEND, safeguarding, and diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Prior to joining the executive team, Susie was the principal designate of a new base need school, and she previously spent a decade working and leading schools in Bristol. Susie is highly experienced in leading teacher professional development, leadership training and is passionate about learning and leadership at all levels. She also carries out a range of roles across the sector including leadership of specific strands of work across local authorities, trust, and sector networks, including DfE advisory groups. Susie is also a Fellow of the Chartered College.

Hall 6

1 Series one

Scaling voice and oracy work: A case study from Cabot Learning Federation

Fluency in speech and oracy underpins learning, confidence, and agency – but how can their development be embedded across a whole trust? Georgina Cook from Renaissance will frame the national challenge, sharing findings from their recent research. Leaders from the Cabot Learning Federation will then share how they have embedded a framework that has evolved in the last three years from 22 to 36 schools of diverse contexts, culminating in a case study from a primary Centre of Excellence. Attendees will benefit from an exploration of what works, where challenges lie, and how to sustain improvement.

1 Workshops series two

Reimagining Professional Development for human-centred schools

<span data-teams="true">Facilitated by Carrie, this session offers insight into building flourishing, human-centred professional development. Karen and Elliot will share how their “one team, one mission, one family” culture builds coherence across six local authorities through evidence-informed, habit-building communities of practice and a simple, values-driven “flight path” for teachers and leaders. Lawrence will explore Future Academies’ cradle-to-career vision, where values-based recruitment, leadership coaching, and storytelling create deep staff investment and discretionary effort. With immersive programmes, alignment tools, and building professional communities, these trusts are rethinking what development means.  </span>