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NACE Conference 2025

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NACE Conference 2025
Watch this short video message from NACE CEO Rob Lightfoot, outlining the focus for this year’s conference and why it’s a must-attend event! The full agenda is now confirmed, with keynote speakers including The Real David Cameron, Professor Haili Hughes and Dr Kevin Latham of the Sutton Trust. Plus: key findings from NACE’s latest research and workshops led by trailblazing schools sharing successful approaches to break down educational inequities so all young people can flourish.

Think like a geographer resource

NEW RESOURCE
Think like a geographer

Created for the NACE community by the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), this new resource outlines four key skills your learners need to “think like a geographer”.

Download now (member login required)
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EYFS resources

UPDATED
EYFS resource collection

If your school covers the early years, make sure to check out our EYFS collection – including an identification guide, learning environment audit and visual guide, challenge cards and (newly added) quick links to related blog posts.

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On-demand CPD 

Did you know NACE offers on-demand CPD modules to support individual, group and whole-school training? You can explore all modules here, or by theme below: 

Creating cognitively challenging classrooms

Exploring key aspects of cognitively challenging learning; including oracy and discourse, independence, questioning, planning to the top, and more.

Leading more able policy and provision

For those leading on school policy and practice for more able learners; covering identification, curriculum development, coaching, and more.

On-demand CPD for teaching assistants

Aligned to the teaching assistant professional standards; topics include task design, feedback, developing independence and effective questioning.

From our blog...
Blogpost: 7 ways to support university progression and success for underserved students

7 ways to support university progression and success for underserved students

How can schools best support students from all backgrounds to not only apply to the most competitive universities, but to succeed once there? The Brilliant Club’s Zoe Morgan shares seven key strands, drawing on the organisation’s experience from over a decade of working with schools.

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Blogpost: Rethinking challenge and inclusivity in KS3 Design & Technology

Rethinking challenge and inclusivity in KS3 Design & Technology

What would a truly challenging and inclusive D&T curriculum look like? The Design and Technology Association’s Lol Conway explores the rich – but often unfilled – potential of the KS3 D&T curriculum, introducing free resources to help schools make learning meaningful, challenging and inspiring for all.

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Upcoming events
Webinar: Equality, equity, extension

FREE WEBINAR
Equality, equity, extension
Wednesday 14 May; online

Free live webinar with Matt Bromley and Andy Griffith, co-authors of The Working Classroom: How to make school work for working class students. Register and submit your questions now!

Book now

Webinar: Challenging your learners in KS3 Design & Technology

FREE WEBINAR
Challenging your learners in KS3 Design & Technology

Wednesday 4 June; online

Free live webinar with the Design & Technology Association, sharing practical strategies and free online resources to enrich your D&T provision at KS3.

Book now

Leading on challenge for all and more able provision

Leading on challenge for all
and more able provision

Friday 6 June, Oxfordshire

One-day course sharing strategies to develop effective policy and practice for more able learners, and to ensure every child has access to cognitively challenging learning.

Book now

Member meetup: using AI to unlock human potential

Member meetup: using AI to unlock human potential
Friday 13 June, Oxford

The AI revolution is here! Join fellow NACE members to explore how AI can be used to empower teachers and learners, supporting the development of key skills for our present and future.

Book now

NACE Challenge Development Programme
NACE Challenge Award School Experiences
Visit a Challenge Award-accredited school to learn about the impact of the NACE Challenge Framework and effective approaches to develop and embed high-quality provision for the more able within a whole-school ethos of challenge for all.

Julian's Primary School
London, Tuesday 20 May
BOOK NOW

Greenbank High School
Merseyside, Friday 6 June
BOOK NOW

Read more | Book a free call with our team

Diverse Educators: A Manifesto (2022), edited by Hannah Wilson and Bennie Kara

How truly inclusive is your school and how do you know this? Explore this and other questions relating to the current diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) agenda with over 500 pages of content across 10 chapters – one for each of the nine Protected Characteristics with a tenth on intersectionality – featuring over 100 contributors. Framed in theory and interweaving personal and professional narratives, this is an in-depth but accessible and solutions-focused read.

Plus: for a recap of past book recommendations, check out our recommended reading list.

Diverse Educators: A Manifesto (2022), edited by Hannah Wilson and Bennie Kara

Featured members

This year’s NACE Conference features workshops led by schools from across our network, sharing their successes in breaking down barriers to achievement. Join us on 27th June to hear from…

Alfreton Nursery School    Bishopston Comprehensive    Copthorne Primary
Pangbourne College    Southend High School for Boys    Toot Hill School

Topics covered will include: neurodiversity, belonging, student agency and empowerment, metacognition, and aspirational co-curricula design. Read more and register

Partner profile: The Ogden Trust

The Ogden Trust

Supporting physics education at all phases, The Ogden Trust provides free CPD programmes and resources for schools. Applications are now open for the 2025-26 cycle of its fully funded Early Career Programme (apply by 4 July).

Delivered in partnership with STEM Learning, The Ogden Trust’s free Subject Knowledge for Physics Teaching courses now come with a school subsidy of up to £600 when a teacher completes a module. Booking for 2025-26 will open soon and there are still some places available this term, plus a limited number of opportunities for delivery within your school/Trust.

Visit The Ogden Trust website for more information, and look out for representatives of the Trust’s T&L and Teacher Support teams at the NACE Conference exhibition!

NACE member offers

Visit our member offers webpage (login required) for details of all current partner offers for NACE member schools. This includes discounts from a range of education publishers, as well as the Chartered College, School Library Association, The Day, Radical Revision and more. Plus: free access to adaptive learning platform Atom Home (usually £575.90 a year) for all learners eligible for Pupil Premium.

Don’t miss out! Upcoming opportunities include discounted rates on student places at the Prince Bishop International Summer School (running in July and August), and on all upcoming A.I.M. High Days – challenging maths, writing and science events for learners with the potential to work at greater depth in these areas. Log in for full details.

NACE Bespoke CPD

Did you know NACE can provide bespoke CPD for your school or group of schools?
Book now for popular 2025-26 dates!
nace.co.uk/cpd | cpd@nace.co.uk

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