16 January 2025 09:00 – 17:00
Join us in January 2025 for our third Next Generation Assessment Conference, which builds on our previous two sold out events, and promises to be a day of inspiration, connection, debate and learning about the future of assessment. The event will bring together educationalists, young people, teachers, policy makers, thought leaders, academics, and employer voices under the overarching theme of inclusive education and assessment, and ensuring all young people are set up to thrive.
A collaboration between Rethinking Assessment, Edge Foundation, HMC, and the University of Manchester, this event provides a unique chance to connect with leading voices and innovators in assessment. It will include keynote conversations and breakout sessions, and we will hear from education institutions trailing new ideas in practice.
All of this will seek to inform delivery on the ground in schools and colleges and the major education policy debates, at this important moment with the curriculum and assessment review in England, and ongoing reforms in the other three UK nations and in countries around the world.
Speakers, Plenary Themes and Breakout Sessions now confirmed...
Speakers
- Al McConville, Deputy Head, The King Alfred School
- Annamarie Hassall, Chief Executive, National Association for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
- Ashoka Youth Network members
- Prof Bill Lucas, Professor of Learning and Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning (CRL), University of Winchester / Global Institute for Creative Thinking
- Charlie Ben-Nathan, Assistant Head – Director of Studies, Laytmer Upper School
- Dr Chris Mclean, Senior Lecturer, Alliance Manchester Business School
- Dr Fran Wilby, National Lead for Programs & Partnerships, Rethinking Assessment
- Prof Jo-Anne Baird, Member of the DfE Curriculum & Assessment Review Expert Panel & Director of OUCEA, University of Oxford
- Dr John Taylor, Director of Learning, Teaching and Innovation, Cranleigh School
- Lisa O'Loughlin, Member of the DfE Curriculum & Assessment Review Expert Panel & Principal and CEO, Nelson and Colne College Group
- Matt Morden, Headteacher, Surrey Square School
- Nicola Hall, Director of Education & Development, Careers & Enterprise Company
- Nicola Mcleod, Assistant Director Education, Work & Skills, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- Olly Newton, Executive Director, Edge Foundation
- Phil Holton, Senior Qualifications Manager, Pearson
- Dr Philip Seal, Deputy Head (Academic), Kings High Warwick
- Rachel Macfarlane, Lead for Underserved Learners, HFL Education
- Prof Rose Luckin, Emeritus Professor of Learner Centred Design, UCL Educate Ventures
- Sammy Wright, Author, Exam Nation and Head of School, Southmoor Academy
- Sarah Fletcher, High Mistress, St Pauls Girls School
Plenary Themes
- Setting all young people up to thrive
- Assessment, inclusion and equity
- Rethinking assessment, learning and intelligence in the age of AI
- Our hopes, our future
Breakout Sessions - Assessment innovations in practice
- Introduction to the MBacc, connecting education and the world of work
- School designed courses and project based qualifications for more expansive learning and assessment
- Reinventing parent reporting through learner profiles