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Welcome to the Policy Zone
Turn policy into practice with insights on moving from strategy to action.
This zone helps ensure real impact on your learners and provision, while staying ahead of the policy landscape and understanding what changes mean for your organisation.
With 45 sessions across nine zones, bringing a team allows you to explore more perspectives, and maximise solutions and insights aligned to key roles in your organisation. Use the guide below to plan who should attend and make every session count.
View Zone GuideBookings for workshop sessions will open 7 days prior to the conference.
POLICY ZONE WORKSHOPS
Day 1
Ask The Inspector
Join Ofsted’s Glenise Burrell, Rebecca Jennings, and Denise Olander for a unique opportunity to ask direct questions about inspections. This open Q&A session offers insight into what inspectors look for and how the inspection process works. .
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Day 1
The purpose of work scrutiny in Ofsted inspections
This session, led by Ofsted HMIs Glenise Burrell and Rebecca Jennings, will demystify the role of work scrutiny during inspections. Delegates will gain clarity on what it involves, its purpose, and how it fits into the broader inspection methodology.
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Day 2
Regulating for Quality: Your opportunity to shape the future of Ofqual’s
regulatory framework for apprenticeship assessment
Join Ofqual for an interactive workshop exploring its proposed new regulatory framework for
apprenticeship assessment. Gain clarity on what’s changing, why it matters, and how your feedback
can directly shape the future of regulation in this evolving space.
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Day 2
Reform of Ofsted EIF - Panel discussion
This interactive panel discussion builds on the keynote from Ofsted’s Sir Martyn Oliver, offering space to explore the proposed reforms to the Education Inspection Framework (EIF) in greater depth. Hear diverse sector perspectives, ask questions, and reflect on what the changes could mean for your organisation.
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Day 2
Local Skills, National Growth: Devolution and the Future of Adult Learning
This panel discussion explores the evolving relationship between devolution and adult education, building on themes from the main stage plenary. Panellists will explore how to balance local skills with national priorities to drive inclusive, long-term growth.
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