Conference 2025

Each year, we look forward to bringing together colleagues from across our community of schools for our annual staff conference.

Our 2025 conference highlights include:  

  • Two inspirational keynotes
  • 20 expert-led workshops
  • Our inaugural Trust People Awards 
  • Opportunities to network and reconnect with colleagues

Meet our 2025 keynote speakers

Major Scotty Mills, Royal Marines Commando Officer (Ret’d)

Scotty Mills has led a life that he could never have dreamt of. From the backstreets of South London, he went onto serve his country and lead Britain’s Commandos around the globe as a Commando ‘Green Beret’ Officer.

Scotty’s incredibly compelling story is filled with exceptional stories of the power of human inspiration.

Now an accomplished world-wide motivational speaker, performance leadership and culture specialist, Scotty is continuing his life’s work to ‘Inspire People and Teams’ to achieve their impossible dreams.

Simon Johnson, Tablet Academy

Simon Johnson is a senior consultant at Tablet Academy and former ICT/Computer Science teacher. He authored 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Outstanding Computing Lessons and has taught across primary and secondary.

A Microsoft Certified Educator and Minecraft Global Mentor, Simon promotes technology to enhance teaching and learning across all subjects.

Highlights from our 2025 conference

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