The theme for the inaugural conference is œCapturing the teenage brain. This conference aims to:

• inspire, stimulate and empower current and future leaders of education to develop a greater understanding of educational and neuroscience thinking on adolescence;


• highlight and celebrate examples of effective and innovative practice in schooling and educating teenagers;


• enable networking and opportunities for collaboration both at and following the conference;


• provide practical advice and ideas for delegates to take away from the conference.

The day features Professor Guy Claxton and Dr Andrew Curran as the keynote speakers. Guy is a cognitive scientist specialising in the expandability of mental powers and the founder of Building Learning Power, a global influence on education which pioneered practical methods of education combining high levels of achievement with the development of useful, general habits of mind. Andrew is a practicing paediatric neurologist at Alder Hey Children™s Hospital in Liverpool and makes the complicated workings of the brain understandable. They will be joined by Sarah Kendrick, Head of Service at children™s mental health charity Place2Be. Since completing her therapy training with an MA in Psychotherapy in 1998, Sarah has developed, led and delivered therapeutic services to children and young people in care and youth offending settings, family assessment, children™s centres and in schools, and has worked for PLace2Be for 16 years.



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Mentioned within this article is John Tomsett, author of:

'This much I know about mind over matter'

'This much I know about love over fear' 

And co-author of 'Don't change the light bulbs'.

Featured in this issue are:

David Didau - 'Kowledge is power - and depriving our most vulnerable young people of access to it in schools is a shameful betrayal.'

Vic Goddard - 'When the pressure is on, sometimes the most importnat thing you can do as a school leader is remember how not to be one ...'

Debra Kidd - 'How to teach in troubled times. The world can be a frightening place, says Debra Kidd - but great schools empower young people to change it.'

Phil Beadle - "Being controlled does not make people happy." 'No uniforms and first names for everyone... could Phil Beadle have found his version of education paradise at Christleton International Studio?'

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