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Hilary Spencer

CEO, Ambition Institute
Hilary is the CEO of Ambition Institute, and has previously held senior roles in education policy, professional development, and equalities. As a charity, Ambition Institute’s focus is on tackling educational inequality. Since March 2019, Ambition has worked with over 100,000 teachers, and with more than half of all schools in the country. The organisation supports teachers and leaders across their careers with high quality, evidence-based professional development, from initial teacher training to trust leadership. As well as a wide range of professional development programmes, Ambition delivers innovative pilot initiatives, a portfolio of robust research, and wider sector engagement to support equality. SEND and inclusion are long-standing priorities for Ambition, and the team is pleased to have worked with CST on publications like Five principles for inclusion, and convening the Inclusion in Practice hub.
Hall 10b

1 Series three

Building the next generation of trust CEOs

"A good leader doesn't create followers, they create more leaders”. How true is this in our sector? In this session our expert panel will explore the skills and qualities that the next generation of trust CEOs will need as our sector continues to mature. They will consider what the new context for school trusts will require of its leaders, and ask what serving CEOs and chairs of trustees can do to identify and develop a healthy pipeline of future CEOs so that individuals, organisations, and the wider trust system can flourish.

11:05

1 Main programme

Keynote panel: Models of inclusive mainstream provision - trust leader insights

There are clearly significant challenges around inclusion and SEND in the sector.  However, there is also good practice which already exists – where teachers and leaders are supporting children with special and additional learning needs well. The panel will share examples of this practice, highlighting the evidence base and principles that underpin their work, and how they could be applied in other contexts.