Elliot Costas-Walker

Director of Learning & Partnerships, Forward As One CE MAT

Elliot Costas-Walker is the Director of Learning and Partnerships with Forward As One CE Multi Academy Trust. He joined the trust in 2018, when the trust had three schools and has seen the growth in the trust over the five years to 13 schools. Elliot previously worked in a Yorkshire based school trust for two years as a Teaching and Learning Lead. Elliot's responsibilities are for school improvement, learning and teaching, professional development and partnerships. He has a proven-track record of supporting schools in various contexts, including special measures and outstanding schools. His passion is driving school improvement work alongside quality first pedagogy within the classroom. Elliot prides himself on being an evidence-informed leader and works as an Evidence Lead in Education (ELE) - he enjoys mobilising the research from the EEF. Elliot is passionate about expertise through high quality professional development and leads the trusts work with Ambition Institute. He is a Visiting Fellow with Ambition Institute and facilitates on a range of programmes. Elliot leads a Challenge Partners Hub, ‘Aspire Hub' across the North West and sits on Challenge Partners, Education Advisory Group.

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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>