In a collaboration between a number of different organisations we are curating a regional educational leadership network (RELN) in the East and West Midlands to bring together leaders who are committed to reducing inequality and improving education for all.
The Partners
The award winning social enterprise for educational leadership, Step Up Network CIC has partnered with BH Networking and Teach First to bring to life the launch of this network. For this particular event, we are also delighted to be sponsored by Ark Media Productions Ltd, which has enabled us to reduce the ticket prices of our attendees. Other RELNs will begin to appear and launch across England with a key purpose of reducing inequality and improving education for all. If you're interested in sponsoring and/or partnering with us then please contact us here.
The Launch Event
The event will bring educators from across the East and West Midlands to connect, collaborate and celebrate. We want educators and leaders to share how they are combatting inequality within education and therefore contributing to the positive disruption of leadership within our schools, colleges, early years settings, higher education institutions and beyond.
The Organisers and Hosts
Ben Hobbis is a serving school leader and teacher in the Midlands. He founded the award-winning and highly successful social enterprise, Step Up Network CIC in 2022, with the organisation launching in 2023. In 2024, after one year in operation, Step Up was named as one of the top 100 social enterprises in the UK, and has been nominated for several other prestigous awards.
The Speakers
- Nikki Arkinstall: Primary Headteacher in Staffordshire, Director of Staffordshire Research School, WomenEd Network Leader, ECF & NPQ Visiting Fellow and Step Up Volunteer;
- Adrian McLean: MAT Executive Leader, Associate Coach and Trainer for Diverse Educators;
- Sarah Mullin MBE: Secondary Senior Leader, Visiting Professor and Author;
- Chris Passey: Secondary Senior Leader, Co-Founder of EduPulse, Author, Podcast Host, Speaker and EdD student;
- Azuraye Williams: Primary Senior Leader and BAMEed Network Lead;
The Exhibitors
If you would like to exhibit then purchase an exhibitor ticket within the tickets section. This will also come with two attendee tickets for your representatives, inclusion of your logo and contact information within event promotional material and being listed as an event partner for our inaugral event.
