ASCL Spring Data Leader and Accountability Conference 2025

Eastside Rooms, Birmingham 

"So useful my brain hurts!"
(Autumn series delegate)

Following on from our successful Autumn Data Leader Conferences, our spring event will enable senior leaders with responsibility for data and school/trust outcomes to plan ahead for the summer term and into the next academic year. 

This Conference will be a one-stop shop, covering all you need to know for exam season and the months that follow, and taking you up to our ASCL Data Leader and School Accountability Conferences in the autumn term of 2025 (register your interest here). 

The conferences will build on the content delivered in the autumn and following our useful format the event will cover:

  • policy updates following the GCSE and post-16 February data release
  • relevant updates to post-16 qualifications 
  • using FFT for more effective transition and target setting
  • preparing for the summer exam series, and what to expect in August
  • what to expect from Ofsted in the months and year ahead
  • using your data to plan for school improvement in the summer term, including a case study on effective use of the Question Level Analysis (QLA) tool. 

We’ll cover key trends to look out for and how to use that information to successfully plan for the exam season and into the autumn, we’ll also update you on data developments since the autumn conferences and our discussions with the DfE, Ofsted and Ofqual as well as hearing from our own ASCL specialists.

Both of our Autumn Data Leader Conferences sold out, so book your place now to avoid disappointment.
 
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Tom Middlehurst

Curriculum, Assessment and Inspection Specialist

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Tiffnie Harris

Primary and Data Specialist

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Kevin Gilmartin

Post-16 and Colleges Specialist

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Rob Robson

ASCL Trust Leadership Consultant

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Danielle Cartwright

Associate Director for General Qualifications Policy and Strategic Relationships

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Becky St John

Data Consultant and Trainer

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Andrew Hill

Head of Partnerships, FFT Education

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Members: £290+VAT
Non-members: £310+VAT 

Group rate (two or more delegates):
Members: £260+VAT
Non-members: £279+VAT 
 

ASCL reserves the right to amend the programme should circumstances dictate. 
 

8.25am     Registration, refreshments and exhibition
       
9.15am     Welcome
Tiffnie Harris, Primary and Data Specialist
Tom Middlehurst, Curriculum, Assessment and Inspection Specialist
       
9.20am     What to expect ahead of September 2025
Representative from DfE
       
9.55am     What to prepare for in the 2025 summer exams 
Danielle Cartwright, Associate Director for General Qualifications Policy and Strategic Relationships, Ofqual

Join Ofqual to consider the opportunities and challenges impacting qualification delivery. This will include an overview of the approach to grading, recent policy developments, the arrangements for delivery of qualifications this year, and the national picture for exams and assessments in 2025 and beyond.     
       
10.25am     Keynote
Speaker to be confirmed
       
10.55am     Refreshments and exhibition
       
11.15am     Keynote
Speaker to be confirmed
       
12.30pm     Transition considerations and using FFT more effectively
Andrew Hill, FFT Education
       
1.00pm     Lunch and exhibition
       
1.45pm     The data and accountability calendar
Becky St John
       
2.15pm     The school report card
       
2.45pm     Refreshments and exhibition
       
3.00pm     The 16-19 landscape – emerging and changing policies from the new government
Kevin Gilmartin, Post-16 Specialist

The government report in December (the “Rapid Review”) focused on the defunding process in level 3 qualifications from September 2025. This session will examine the conclusions as well as the new combination rules on course combinations in the sixth form phase. Other key policies affecting the sixth form will be covered including the new rules on mandated hours for GCSE maths and English resits and funding tolerance levels. We will also have a quick update on the likely direction of travel from the government in the sixth form phase.
       
3.25pm     Case study: effective use of KS2 tool to support transition
Tom Middlehurst, Curriculum, Assessment and Inspection Specialist
       
3.55pm     Closing remarks

This conference is suitable for secondary and post-16 data leaders, curriculum leaders, headteachers, principals and CEOs in England. 

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