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Waltham Forest Head & Deputy Head Teachers’ Conference & Exhibition 2024
Event Dates and Prices
Thursday 26th & Friday 27th September 2024
Mental Strength in Times of Adversity
Working together with Waltham Forest Headteachers and the local Borough Council, we are delighted again this year to be assisting with the organisation of the Waltham Forest Head and Deputy Head Teachers’ Annual Conference.
The conference is being held over two days with an exhibition running alongside the conference on the first day. The excellent facilities of Hanbury Manor Hotel, Ware have again been chosen as the venue and all Waltham Forest Head and Deputy Head Teachers’ are invited to attend.
The event will include top keynote presentations and an education suppliers exhibition will complement the first day.
Delegates wishing to attend should please register below. The cost per delegate is £425.00 inc VAT for a Head Teacher two-day place and either £185.00 or £125.00 inc VAT for a one-day Head or Deputy Head Teacher place depending on the day attended.
Companies wishing to take a stand should kindly contact us as soon as possible as space is limited and can only be offered on a first come, first served basis.
Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel , Ware
Event Speakers
![Chris Moon](https://mondale-events.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Chris-Moon-Pic.jpg)
Chris Moon
Chris Moon helps people and organisations around the world grow and improve personal and team performance. He’s been a keynote speaker and run change and leadership programs for twenty years working with the public and private sector and international business schools. He’s one of the most fortunate people to be alive you’re likely to meet. His exploits have been covered in a Discovery documentary I Shouldn’t Be Alive. Chris is a former British Army Officer with three year’s operational experience who left to work for a charity clearing landmines. He’s survived being taken prisoner in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge (one of the most brutal terror groups in history) and negotiated his release and that of two colleagues from threatened execution. In 1995 he was blown up in a supposedly safe area of a minefield in remote East Africa losing an arm and a leg (ironically doing one of the least dangerous things he did). He survived initially because he treated himself. About fourteen hours after injury, he arrived in South Africa where doctors say they’d never seen anyone live with such a small amount of blood. He recovered four times faster than expected and in 1996; within a year of leaving hospital ran the London Marathon, raised significant sums to help disabled people in the developing world and successfully completed a full time Master’s Degree in human behaviour. Chris taught himself to run and is thought to be the world’s first amputee ultra-distance runner after completing the Marathon De Sables in 1997. He’s run the world’s toughest ultra-marathons, most recently the Badwater Death Valley 135 mile ultra and the Devon Coast to Coast 117-mile Race. He’s led numerous teams to complete rigorous challenges ranging from climbing mountains to cycling the length of Cambodia. When it comes to challenging the concept of limitation, adapting to change, and overcoming adversity Chris walks the talk. He has a passion for the process of achievement and uses his unique experiences to help people do what they do better. Chris speaks with enthusiasm and humour on resilience, diversity, change, personal and strategic leadership, and all aspects of behavioural choices.![Dr Mary Bilton](https://mondale-events.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Mary-Bilton-Pic.jpg)
Dr Mary Bilton
Dr Mary Bilton was a full-time teacher for 31 years, managing large faculties and building strong teams. During her teaching life, she trained as a facilitator through Edge Hill University to deliver the National Professional Qualifications in Middle and Senior Leadership, which she delivered in the UK and abroad. Mary also qualified as a facilitator for the Olevi ITP and OTP programmes helping teachers develop their practice. Alongside this, Mary studied part-time to gain a Masters degree in education with merit, and then went on to complete her Doctorate in education. Mary’s doctoral research shed light on mid-career teacher attrition and neoliberalistic practice in English schools. Mary is a firm believer that ‘staff matter’ and works to continue to improve the working lives of those in education through her work at Still Human.![Eugene Dwaah](https://mondale-events.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Eugene-Dwaah-Pic.jpg)
Eugene Dwaah
CEO, Evolution Sports Group![Maggie Farrar](https://mondale-events.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Maggie-Farrar-Pic.jpg)
Maggie Farrar
Maggie has worked in London and Birmingham in senior leadership positions in schools and Local Authorities. She was the Director for Leadership Development, Research and Succession Planning at the National College for School Leadership in England and interim Chief Executive. Maggie has been instrumental in the development of a school-led self-improving system in England and has led the design and development of leadership programmes that support the growth of system leadership and the development of cluster based collaborative approaches to school improvement. Maggie is a leadership coach to a number of leaders and senior leadership teams and over the last 3 years she has worked with over 1000 leaders on strengthening their leadership and supporting their own wellbeing and the wellbeing of others. She is a Vice-Chair of Trustees at LEAD Multi-Academy Trust, a Trustee of Bedfordshire Schools Trust and of The Story Museum Oxford, a museum dedicated to the power of story to change lives. She is the author of 'Leading with Presence; it's an inside job,' published in 2022 by Cadogan Press. To find out more about her work go to: https://www.empoweringleadership.co.uk/ Maggie was awarded the CBE for services to Education in 2014![Samantha Garner](https://mondale-events.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Samantha-Garner-Pic.png)
Samantha Garner
Mental Health and Inclusion Consultant, Founder Balanced People Ltd Sam is a renowned speaker, trainer and author specialising in Mental Health and Inclusion. She has worked in the education sector as a SENCo and the corporate sector in a variety or roles. She is a qualified Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, Counsellor and Master Mindset Coach. Sam has also founded a company, Balanced People Ltd, providing mental wellbeing and support to individuals and companies. She is in high demand to speak at conferences and events and provides in-house training for schools and companies, nationally and internationally. Lauded for her humour and ‘telling it like it is’ approach to mental health, Sam has had her book Mental Health in Education published by Routledge, and regularly writes for several publications with more books in the pipeline for publication.![Tina Harvey OBE](https://mondale-events.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tina-Harvey-1.jpg)