• Evaluation of the trends in recent years
• New market opportunities
• Future proofing and what will the market look like in 20 years

• The changing nature of international student demand
• Proven new domestic and international models
• The rising demand for online and hybrid learning

• Directly addressing prices increases
• Avoiding passing the cost on to the customer

• Explore different models and approaches in the industry
• Where are the next opportunities
• Provider recovery and changes the pandemic brought to the operating model

• Venture Capital rounds

• Alternative approaches to securing investment
• Navigating different requirements for different regions

• Main deals across the market
• Possible deals/exits in focus
• Internal and external reasons for increases/decreases the valuation

• The Early Years business landscape
• Emerging ways of working
• Making an informed impact

• Children are your best advert – happy, thriving children will increase demand
• Better home-setting collaboration – less time dealing with difficult parents
• More satisfied staff – less turnover

• Changes ratios and what this means for the industry
• Lobbying efforts of early years support organisations
• Latest DfE guidance
• Navigating through the regulations and where it has been falling short for early years providers.

• How banks reassess terms and lending criteria to mitigate risk.
• Calculating realistic projections for the future.
• Support to find the right lender for your financial plans.

• The importance of good nursery nutrition
• Food safety: managing allergies, special diets, choking hazards
• Efficiency: cutting wastage and working to budget

• Modular vs traditional construction
• The journey to Net-Zero buildings
• How biophilic design improves outcomes and well being

• Investor interest and sustainability
• How to go about an extension
• How to raise capital

• Strategy after acquiring a new setting and staff.
• Evaluating whether to keep a brand or merging completely

• Political and Economic Issues
• How schools are responding

• Achieving and understanding the ratings process
• Preparing for inspection
• Process for objecting ratings

• Exploring the benefits of a diverse leadership team
• What are the main challenges faced by independent schools at the moment?
• Is public perception changing?

• Establishing the brief to review, rethink and preprogramme the school setting
• How a school can be adapted and improved in a phase as coherent manner
• Identify where you can make existing buildings work harder, better and more efficiently

• Creating a clear message and recognisable brand

• How covid and inflation is impacting pricing and valuations
• Evaluating price sensitivity Vs value delivered
• Insight into market, income and cost approaches to valuations

• Evaluation of the trends in recent years
• What will be required for the coming years
• Addressing the move to vocational education

• Panellists will bring examples for where this has been done in their organisation
• How to get staff buy-in in a changing market
• Analyse different approaches to ensure cost efficiency

• How are expectations changing
• Are students meeting modern requirements
• What is needed from early years and K-12 to meet HE standards

• Benefits of influencing social change
• What securing the funding gap means for FE and HE
• How impact investing increases chances of profitability and growth

• How to attract pupils (and parents) to international education
• How to access and international talent pool
• Establishing new revenue streams

• How to create a model that works for economic variations
• How to build a platform that works across Geographies
• How to maintain standards and expectations

(BWIE) what investors look like, what your deck should look like and top tips to pitching for:

• Early Years M&A Landscape (NMT)
• Wellbeing (Staff)
• Wellbeing (Students)

• What steps can we take today to influence change?
• Ideas for policy and processes that can create a move inclusive environment

• Cyber threat landscape and challenges for the Independent school sector.
• Advice for implementing a multi-layered approach to cybersecurity.
• practice for protecting remote students & staff for remote working and learning.

• How Covid accelerated the demand for e-learning but to what extend will be it used in the future?
• Implementing hybrid learning for a flexible and future-proof environment

• 10:45-11:00 – Session 1
• 11:05-11:20 – Session 2
• 11:25-11:40 – Session 3

• 13:15-13:30 – Session 4
• 13:35-13:50 – Session 5
• 13:55-14:10 – Session 6