Chris Quigley

Chris Quigley is a specialist in primary education. He has been a Teacher, HeadTeacher, Lead Inspector and Trainer of School Inspectors. He is best known for his inspiring talks and his clear, easy to use support materials. He is also a publisher and a Director of Chris Quigley Education, where he leads a team of specialists, delivering inspiring training and talks all over the world. He has become widely known throughout the UK and overseas having worked directly with schools in almost all Local Authorities in England and has visited schools in the Channel Islands, Wales, Singapore, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Switzerland. His books have sold thousands of copies in over 16 countries. Chris has always believed that children should feel clever and that if schools create the right conditions for learning, all children can discover their talents, achieve their very best and thrive. His presentation will focus on curriculum design and offer practical help, strategies and solutions to build your curriculum.

David Didau

David Didau taught English in UK secondary schools for 15 years but is now an education writer and freelance consultant The Learning Spy, is one of the most influential and highly regarded education blogs across the world. His writing is focussed on the challenges of working in schools. He has acted as a consultant for Ofsted, the English schools' inspectorate, and his ideas have influenced government policy in the UK. He has written several books on education and works with many different organisations on teacher development and curriculum design.

Mary Myatt

adviser and writer whose books include The Curriculum: Gallimaufry to Coherence, Back on Track and Hopeful Schools. She has also established the online platform Myatt & Co.

Tony Whatmuff

Tony is an author and trainer with 25 years of teaching experience, working with KS1-3 pupils in London, Lancashire and Leicester. For the last 15 years he has been a literacy specialist, working in schools across the UK and with UCL and Oxford University Press. He is the National Trainer of Inference Training-a 20 lesson group intervention designed to boost reading comprehension based on the work of Professor Jane Oakhill and Nicola Yuill. Tony is interested in classroom strategies which improve reading comprehension and enjoyment, and place youngsters in the centre of this process so that they develop a clear self-view of the task and themselves as readers. Effective reading comprehension is a key feature of academic success both across the curriculum and beyond school in training and work. Evidence suggests that successful readers have a clear view of the processes involved in reading and an accurate view of themselves as readers. His presentation will explore practical classroom strategies to make explicit to youngsters the how of reading across the curriculum, and ways to help readers acquire a clear view of themselves and aspects they might improve. The presentation will include DVD classroom clips and sample materials for participants to try out.