Unity Day 2025: Full Schedule

9:30am BST

Real Time Checking for Understanding LIMITED

Friday June 27, 2025 9:30am - 10:25am BST

Developing questioning techniques and mechanisms for checking understanding int he classroom for real-time responsive teaching. (This session was run in 2024)

Speakers

Mike Cripps

Sybil Andrews

Friday June 27, 2025 9:30am - 10:25am BST
303 Third Floor TGS

Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Early Career Teachers, Trainee Teachers

12:45pm BST

Climate Change is a School Safeguarding Issue: How your DfE-mandated Climate Action Plans can help. LIMITED

Friday June 27, 2025 12:45pm - 1:40pm BST

303

The Department for Education (DfE) has stated that every school has a Climate Action Plan (CAP) by the end of 2025. There are four pillars: climate education and green careers, biodiversity, adaptation and resilience, and decarbonisation. This workshop will outline the evidence that all climate change is a safeguarding issue for your schools and how your DfE CAP can address this as well as take climate action in various ways by utilising the wealth of free DfE-funded support available.

Speakers

Climate Ambassadors

Kit Marie Rackley

Climate Ambassadors East of England Regional Hub Manager, and consultant to the GA., University of East Anglia

Kit Marie Rackley (she/they) is the East of England’s regional coordinator for the nation-wide Climate Ambassadors scheme and related schemes to support educational establishments with their DfE Climate Change and Sustainability Education Strategy efforts. She has 13 years experience... Read More →

Friday June 27, 2025 12:45pm - 1:40pm BST
303 Third Floor TGS

Leadership, Governors, Deputy Head Teachers/Assistant Head Teachers, SENDCOs, Head Teachers, Senior Leadership Team

1:50pm BST

Upper Pay Range | Successfully Negotiating the Application Process LIMITED

Friday June 27, 2025 1:50pm - 2:45pm BST

303

De-mystifying the UPR application process, this session will look at the responsibility of applicants and what a successful application would need to include, through to key points for assessors to consider.

Speakers

Matthew Fuller

Director of Education, Central Team

Friday June 27, 2025 1:50pm - 2:45pm BST
303 Third Floor TGS

Leadership, Teachers, Senior Leadership Team, Head Teachers, Deputy Head Teachers/Assistant Head Teachers, Early Career Teachers, Trainee Teachers, Governors

2:55pm BST

Getting great English outcomes with LPA students at GCSE FILLING

Friday June 27, 2025 2:55pm - 3:50pm BST

303

English has the potential to be one of many students’ strongest subjects at GCSE: we teach engaging stories and themes that all students can relate to, so how can we couple this with sound pedagogical approaches to get the most out of all our students?

Speakers