About this Event
2026-27 is our fourth year of our Data in Schools Conferences, with all-new content, more opportunity to speak to solution providers, and a fantastic line up of guest speakers. As ever, we aim to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to transform the data culture in your school; to make it learning-centred and workload-light.
As well as keynote sessions from an exciting array of speakers, 2026-27 will also see Making Data Meaningful panel discussions, Q and As and more. We’re opening up slots for contributions from delegates too, so you can share what has worked – or not – for you as well.
Join our regular speakers James Pembroke (Insight, Director of Strategy, @jpembroke.bsky.social), Richard Selfridge (Insight, Education Data Consultant, @richardselfridge.bsky.social), and Joshua Perry (Smartgrade, Carousel, @joshuaperry.bsky.social) for our step-by-step guide to rationalising your data life.
Our panel will be joined by guest speakers from leading organisations in data and assessment, including Christopher Such, Author of Primary Reading Simplified, and Ellen Burgess, Head of Data and Insights at the Elliott Foundation. Panel TBA.
This Primary-focused event includes tea, coffee, lunch and snacks across the day. We look forward to seeing you!
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Agenda
?: 08:30 AM
Coffee and registration
?: 09:00 AM
Introduction
?: 09:15 AM
The Future of Progress
Host: James Pembroke
?: 10:00 AM
What you leave out, and who
Host: Ellen Burgess
?: 10:30 AM
Q & A
?: 10:45 AM
Coffee
?: 11:00 AM
Similar but Different?
Host: Richard Selfridge
?: 11:30 AM
Disco Debates - tackling the thorny questions in education
?: 12:15 PM
Lunch
?: 01:15 PM
How should AI support school data?
Host: Joshua Perry
?: 01:45 PM
Reading Assessment Simplified
Host: Christopher Such
?: 02:30 PM
Dataproof Your School
Host: Richard Selfridge
?: 03:00 PM
End of Day
Event venue & nearby stays
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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