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Seizing Success 2011: Annual Leadership Conference sponsors

This year's conference is kindly supported by the following sponsors:

Best Practice Network logo

Best Practice Network works with leaders in schools and early years settings to deliver better outcomes for children and young people.

Our school improvement service is based on solution-focused consultancy designed to enable each school to implement solutions to their own particular challenges. Our team includes NLEs, LLEs, NCAs, successful school and academy leaders, SIPS, consultants and facilitators. We will provide challenge, advice and support that is school-centred to ensure that improvement is effective, systemic and sustainable. We believe that all schools have the potential to make rapid development so that pupils’ achievements will be greatly enhanced.

www.bestpracticenet.co.uk


PricewaterhouseCoopers logo

PwC has been working across the schools landscape for 30 years. We know how the sector is changing, how new policies impact upon schools and what the key challenges facing schools are in the current policy and financial context. As a leading provider of professional services, we work across education, and the wider government and public sector here and internationally, providing consulting, audit, tax and co-delivery services.

We have undertaken a number of large scale education change programmes including School Leadership Succession Planning for the National College and the Behaviour Improvement Programme and Education Action Zones for the DCSF, amongst others.

www.schoolsbenchmarkingclub.com

HTI logo

HTI is one of the country’s most respected and successful providers of innovative school leadership development. We are unique in bringing together expertise from education, business and the wider public sector to provide insights and ideas to benefit schools and their leaders.

For 25 years we have inspired success through our wide range of our own distinct programmes and activities, as well as those delivered in partnership with the National College, TDA, DfE and others.

We are independent, not-for-profit, and committed to excellence and provide a bespoke approach to the growth of individual and whole school communities.

www.hti.org.uk


Tribal logo

Tribal is an education support services organisation that has provided market-leading learning and development solutions for over 20 years.

We believe that everyone should have access to a good education, the chance to develop their skills and the opportunity to fulfil their potential. That’s why we are extremely passionate about working together with our clients to help deliver the highest quality education services.

We work with a wide range of organisations, including schools, colleges and universities.

Our clients trust us to support their delivery of education services because:

  • we are education and technology specialists with an unrivalled depth of expertise
  • we work with some of the world’s largest organisations and market leaders
  • we offer a unique combination of technology, service delivery and advisory solutions

www.tribalgroup.com/education

Zinnia Education logo

At Z:ed, we believe in teachers. We know that when teachers unlock their experience, skills and talent amazing things happen.

We can help you unleash the talent you already have and, using research based and proven success methods, help you transform your school.

With our 100% success track record, we’re confident we can help you build the capacity to make the changes required. We will give you the process, research, methodology and a way of working that helps you acknowledge and build upon what you currently do to achieve sustainable improvement for your school, year after year.

You’ve already got what it takes to be an outstanding school. You only need to tap into Z:ed to take the next step. Tap into it today.

www.zinniaeducation.com

Manchester Metropolitan University logo

The Institute of Education (IOE) is one of the largest CPD and initial teacher training providers in Europe. Ranked 7th in the UK for educational and social research (2010), ESRI’s work within IOE supports world-class programmes. The Centre for Innovation and Enterprise (CIE) provides training and development to over 7,000 schools, and its e-learning support to clients in the USA and the Middle East was rated number 1 on Google.

Our world-class reputation in providing creative solutions to client problems through the de Bono Centre for Serious Creativity and Constructive Thinking, has led to CIE’s status as the UK Centre for Excellence in Education.

www.ioe.mmu.ac.uk


Serco logo

Serco is an international services company with a deep public service ethos. We have been working in partnership with schools, local authorities and third sector organisations for more than ten years, and through bringing together our respective strengths we have consistently improved educational outcomes for children and young people.

In brief, we advise local authority officers, teachers, governors and parent groups, we design more effective processes for administering and delivering education services, we integrate existing experience and knowledge with new ideas, skills and processes, and we increasingly deliver a range of direct education and support services.

www.serco.com

Frog logo

Frog is the UK’s leading learning platform for schools, inspiring leaders to get the most out of education by providing technology that creates ownership through creativity, and has been proven to raise standards in schools at both ends of the spectrum, those excelling, and those in special measures. By using Frog, students have access to a wealth of information at their fingertips such as resource areas for coursework and forums to share ideas with other students. Empowering students to become more responsible for their own learning can boost their confidence and raise the morale of the whole school community.

www.frogtrade.com

RM Education logo

Creating inspiring and engaging solutions that help teachers to teach and learners to learn is what RM is about. Education excellence is at the heart of what we do. We work in partnership with schools and other partners to deliver innovative solutions which improve education and the educational experience. The technologies we provide connect and foster education communities – learners, teachers, parents and other key people involved in the learning journey. We are an international organisation with 3000 people across the world – all of whom share one common goal: to improve education for every learner.

www.rmeducation.com


Get Set for London 2012

Get Set is the official London 2012 education programme. It offers children and young people a range of opportunities to play a part in the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Teachers will find free resources on the Get Set website to support them to link learning to the Games. Schools that demonstrate a commitment to living the Olympic and Paralympic values can join the Get Set network to receive exclusive rewards and recognition for their work. Rewards include tickets to the Games through the London 2012 Ticketshare initiative, visits from athletes and much more! Join us on the journey!

www.london2012.com/getset


Film club logo

Free to state schools, FILMCLUB delivers on many fronts – culturally, socially and academically. During an average school year, pupils can discuss and review up to 39 feature films. Using FILMCLUB's curated website, teachers can take pupils one step at a time to: happiness and well being (Way Out West); anti-bullying (A Room for Romeo Brass); developing empathy (Bambi); boys and writing (Son of Rambow); girls with attitude (Spirited Away); maths and science (Inherit the Wind); green issues (An Inconvenient Truth); French (La Belle et la Bete); promoting reading (Animal Farm); teenage pregnancy (A Way of Life); storytelling (Kirikou and the Sorceress); conspiracy and uncertainty (The Thirty Nine Steps)…

www.filmclub.org

British Council logo

The British Council connects people worldwide through learning opportunities and creative ideas. As the UK’s cultural organisation, we build lasting relationships between the UK and other countries.

We manage a wide variety of international education opportunities for schools and colleges, providing support and funding for international linking, curriculum projects, language teaching and professional development for teachers and school leadership. See how the international dimension can bring the curriculum to life, and develop the skills you need to form productive and exciting partnerships with schools and colleges in Europe and across the world.

Visit us at www.britishcouncil.org/learning.

If you are interested in receiving details of sponsorship opportunities at future events organised by the National College, please contact Jane Mayor on 0115 872 2561 or at jane.mayor@nationalcollege.org.uk.