Leader Briefings
Leadership Events 2025/26
This year’s Leader Briefings will have a new structure. The briefings will be live online sessions, which will take place on the date below. The recording will be shared afterwards, along with a partnership meeting note and other resources which are relevant to leaders.
The Leader Briefings are included in the Sheffield Members and Core Subscription Offers. Any settings who do not purchase these offers will be able to access the briefings for an additional cost. Please contact enquiries@learnsheffield.co.uk for pricing information.
The dates for the live sessions are below:
- Thursday 4 September, 8.30-10.00am
- Thursday 6 November, 8.30-10.00am
- Thursday 8 January, 8.30-10.00am
- Thursday 26 February, 8.30-10.00am
- Thursday 16 April, 8.30-10.00am
- Thursday 4 June, 8.30-10.00am
A link to the session will be shared with all school leaders who have bought the Core Subscription Offer shortly before the briefing is due to take place.
Leadership Events 2024/25
A half-termly Leader Briefing will be distributed to settings which have purchased the Sheffield Members Offer. These briefings will be shared in Sway so that setting leaders can access the information when it is convenient for them and share easily with colleagues.
These briefings will continue to focus on providing local updates. The details of this year’s programme are below:
Schools who have bought the Sheffield Members Offer will have unlimited access (subject to availability) to these briefings. Settings who have not purchased the Sheffield Members Offer can access this programme at £95 per briefing.
For any queries about the content of the programme or whether your setting has purchased this subscription, please contact enquiries@learnsheffield.co.uk.
| Term |
Planned Release Date |
Planned Content |
| Autumn 1 |
2 September |
- Learn Sheffield Update
- LSIP Input: Ofsted feedback
- LSIP Input: Early Reading
- Learn Sheffield Project Overview
- Sheffield Update: PESSPA
- Sheffield Update: Health Protection Briefing
- Partner Update: South Yorkshire Maths Hub
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Download Autumn 1 2024 Sway
Download the meeting notes
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| Autumn 2 |
4 November |
- Sheffield Focus: Healthy Minds – Zoe Brownlie
- Sheffield Focus: SCC - Meredith Teasdale
- LSIP Input
- Learn Sheffield Update
- Project Update: Governance Engagement Project
- Project Update: Racial Equity
- Partner Update: English Hub
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Download Autumn 2 2024 Sway
Download the meeting notes
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| Spring 1 |
6 January |
- Sheffield Focus: Sheffield Performance Analysis 2024
- Sheffield Focus: SEND in Sheffield
- Learn Sheffield Update
- LSIP Input
- Project Update: SAFE Taskforce Year 2 Evaluation
- Project Update: Knife Crime- Sue Finnigan
- Sheffield: Sheffield Young Carers
- Project Update: Climate Emergency Education – Lee Jowett
- Partner Update: Create Sheffield- Laura Travis
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Download Spring 1 2025 Sway
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| Spring 2 |
24 February |
- Sheffield Focus: Learn Sheffield Subscription
- Learn Sheffield Update
- LSIP Input: Moderation of Primary Writing
- Project Update: Educating for the Future Report Cards
- Project Update: AI Work Group- Catherine Elliott
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Download Spring 2 2025 Sway
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| Summer 1 |
14 April |
- Sheffield Focus: City Goals
- Learn Sheffield Update
- LSIP Input
- Project Update: SAFE Taskforce Next Steps
- Project Update: Race Equality- Homaira Ibrahim
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Download Summer 1 2025 Sway
Download the meeting notes
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| Summer 2 |
2 June |
- Sheffield Focus: SEND in Sheffield
- Learn Sheffield Update
- LSIP Input
- Project Update: Racial Equity
- Project Update: Sensemaker Project
- Partner Update: SYSBL
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Download Summer 2 2025 Sway
Download the meeting notes
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Leadership Events 2023/24
Leader Briefings
A half-termly Leader Briefing will be distributed to subscribing school leaders in Sheffield. This will continue to take the form of an online Sway so that school leaders can access the information when it is convenient for them and share easily with colleagues.
We have changed the focus of Leader Briefings for 2023/24 and they will now focus on providing local updates, rather than national keynote inputs. This change is alongside the growth in the number of in-person leadership events. This year's programme is below, and will include inputs from local partners (for example Public Health), updates from local projects and initiatives, inputs from the Learn Sheffield team and some of our key partners, including Huntington Research School.
| Term |
Planned Release Date |
Planned Content |
| Autumn 1 |
Monday 4 September |
- Sheffield Focus: Greg Fell- Director of Public Health’s Annual Report
- LS Update: Stephen Betts- Making the most of your subscription
- Huntington Research School Reminder: Metacognition
- LSIP Feedback: Ofsted Updates
- Project Updates: RSHE Update
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Download Autumn 1 2023 Sway
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| Autumn 2 |
Monday 30 October |
- Sheffield Focus: Educating for the Future Pilot Update
- Huntington Research School Reminder: Reading
- LSIP Feedback: Leadership of Primary Writing
- LS Update: Looking ahead to Autumn 2
- Project Updates: Developing Healthy Attitudes
- Eat Smart Sheffield Update
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Download Autumn 2 2023 Sway
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| Spring 1 |
Monday 8 January |
- Sheffield Focus: Write a Book to Change the World
- Huntington Research School Reminder: Oracy
- LS Update: Spring Leadership Breakfast and Spring Term Update
- LSIP Feedback: Leading Reading in Primary and Secondary Settings
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Download Spring 1 2024 Sway
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| Spring 2 |
Monday 19 February |
- Sheffield Focus: SAFE Taskforce
- Huntington Research School Reminder: Feedback
- LSIP Feedback: Moderation of Primary Writing
- LS Update: Looking ahead to Spring 2
- Learn Sheffield Evaluation Report
- Create Sheffield Update (including youth voice consultation)
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Download Spring 2 2024 Sway
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| Summer 1 |
Monday 15 April |
- Sheffield Focus: AI Working Group Feedback
- Huntington Research School Reminder: SEND/Adaptive Teaching
- LS Update: Stephen Betts- Subscription 2024/25
- LSIP Feedback: Leadership of Secondary Reading
- Project Updates: Learning from the South Yorkshire Schools Climate Conference
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Download Summer 1 2024 Sway
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| Summer 2 |
Monday 3 June |
- Sheffield Focus: Governance Recruitment Project Impact
- Huntington Research School Reminder: Professional Development
- LSIP Feedback: City Performance
- LS Update: Looking ahead to Summer 2
- Project Updates: SASGB Governance Pipeline Pilot
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Download Summer 2 2024 Sway
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Leadership Breakfasts
The 2023/24 offer includes new termly Leadership Breakfasts. These face-to-face roundtable events will focus on a theme chosen by leaders, and provide an opportunity to hear high-quality inputs and discuss the topic. They will also provide an opportunity to network with colleagues. The breakfasts will take place at Learn Sheffield (Albion House). The table below contains the provisional dates for these breakfasts and more information will follow shortly in relation to themes and speakers.
| Date |
Location |
Speakers/Themes |
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Friday 8 September 2023
8.30-10.30am |
Learn Sheffield, Albion House |
Public Health Priorities: Health Inequality, Vaping and the DPH Report
Greg Fell and the Sheffield PH Team Director of Public Health Greg Fell and his team will join us for this Leadership Breakfast at Learn Sheffield. Greg will follow up his input into the Leader Briefing earlier in the week, where he will share the headlines of his DPH Annual Report, and expand into a wider reflection about the ongoing impact of health inequalities in the city. The session will include discussion on the Covid pandemic and the ongoing impact on education. This will be an opportunity for Education and Public Health colleagues to share and discuss their priorities for the year ahead. The session will be chaired by Stephen Betts (Learn Sheffield CEO), who will also provide an update on the opportunities for Sheffield school leaders in 2023/24.
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Finished
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Friday 12 January 2024
8.30-10.30am |
Learn Sheffield, Albion House |
Civic Education Issues for Sheffield
Kate Joseph’s (Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council) and Meredith Dixon-Teasdale (Strategic Director of Children's Services) will speak on a number of civic education issues for Sheffield. The session will focus on the City Goals, SCC’s draft Council plan ‘Together we get things done’, strategic education partnership and the development of a Belonging Framework. |
Finished
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Friday 19 April 2024
8.30-10.30am |
Learn Sheffield, Albion House |
Risks and Opportunities of Generative AI in Education
Catherine Elliott, eLearning Consultant with Sheffield City Council, and Sue Finnigan, Education Consultant from Learn Sheffield will outline the current challenges and benefits for schools using generative AI tools, and why we need to teach young people about it. |
Finished
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Leadership Seminars
The 2023/24 offer includes new termly Leadership Seminars. These face-to-face seminars will focus on a theme chosen by leaders, provide an opportunity to hear from top-quality speakers and the chance to network with colleagues. The seminars will take place at Niagara Conference and Leisure. The table below contains the dates for these seminars and more information will follow shortly in relation to themes and speakers.
| Date/Time |
Location |
Speakers/Themes |
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Friday 6 October 2023
8.30-10.30am |
Niagara Conference and Leisure |
Behaviour Jim Roberson
An associate of Independent Thinking |
Finished
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Friday 2 February 2024
8.30-10.30am |
Niagara Conference and Leisure |
Disadvantage Ian Gilbert
Director of Independent Thinking |
Finished
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Tuesday 21 May 2024
8.30-10.30am |
Niagara Conference and Leisure |
SEND Nina Jackson
An associate of Independent Thinking
Nick Whittaker
Learn Sheffield Improvement Partner
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Finished
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