THE 34th COBIS ANNUAL CONFERENCE Measuring Success: Wellbeing, Resilience, Education & Leadership in British Schools Overseas 9-11 May 2015, Park Plaza Hotel, London
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Welcome to the 34th COBIS Annual Conference Dear Colleagues, A warm COBIS welcome to all our guests, members, exhibitors, students and speakers! Thank you for joining us at the 34th COBIS Annual Conference and on behalf of the dedicated COBIS Board and the wonderful team at COBIS Head Office we look forward to learning from you and sharing your company over the next few days. Our stimulating theme this year – Measuring Success: Wellbeing, Resilience, Education and Leadership in British Schools Overseas – is one which affects all members of the school community, and resonates with us all, regardless of school size, phase or geographical location. We are delighted to be joined by over 500 participants throughout the conference. In addition to our guests, excellent speakers, school leadership teams and governors, a warm welcome to more than 80 exhibiting COBIS Supporting Member organisations and conference sponsors who continue to add tremendous value to the conference by sharing their expertise, knowledge and infectious enthusiasm. High quality COBIS schools can now be found in over 65 countries worldwide. As an association, COBIS continues to build excellent links with Governments, education bodies and associations, and the corporate sector in the UK and worldwide. COBIS works, on behalf of our members, with organisations such as UKTI, DfE, FCO, BSO inspectorates, other UK and international school associations, as well as supporting schools with local ministries and accrediting bodies. As COBIS membership grows, colleagues can rest assured that quality assurance remains a mainstay of the rigorous membership application process. COBIS membership is underpinned by a three-year quality assurance cycle and all new members must submit detailed and robust documentation in order to join our well respected family of schools. To reflect and serve the growing COBIS membership base, COBIS offers an increasing range of lobbying and research activities, bespoke services, professional development opportunities, and student competitions, managed and delivered by host schools and the excellent team at COBIS Head Office, with the support of the COBIS Board. COBIS is proud to be an inclusive organisation. With that in mind, we continue to work hard to increase the capacity for more schools to access our increasingly popular inter-school student competitions, plus new high quality staff training opportunities, including events that can be accessed remotely, to ensure that we future proof our offering to schools and provide as many schools as possible with the opportunity to engage with other colleagues in the COBIS community. COBIS shares your commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults, and we actively encourage best practice among member schools and the International schools sector as a whole. As such, we have introduced mandatory Child Protection and Safer Recruitment training for all member and applicant schools this year and representing all members, COBIS plays an active role in the International Schools Task Force on Child Protection. In addition, the number of member and non-member schools accessing the DBS processing service, administered by COBIS, continues to rise, which is good news as we work collectively to reduce risk to children and young people. Finally, on behalf of COBIS, we have every confidence that you will have an excellent conference and gain great value from your time in London. Together, through shared experience, our network becomes stronger. Wishing you and your colleagues every success, as for the benefit of children and young people worldwide, you continue to lead and deliver excellence in British international education.
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A Message from the Chairman Welcome to the 2015 Annual Conference! It promises to be a vibrant and highly enjoyable event. Our theme may sound familiar, but look closely: we’re looking at ‘Measuring Success’, not just in the traditional sense of student attainment, but at the much wider aspects of education for health and wellbeing. So our programme is well-grounded in important aspects of pedagogy, but highly topical. For interest in, and concern for, student and professional wellbeing is rightly attracting serious attention. The vitality of the programme matches the theme. We know that what you appreciate most is a mixture of first-rate keynote speakers, with excellent seminars and discussions in which you can actively share. A couple of innovations also help improve the mix: the SPARK session offers members the chance to share your own educational projects and successes, and the members’ forum will this time include short updates from each of our committee chairs on the (wide-ranging and impressive) work that they are developing for you. This annual conference is a premium event – but now part of a truly impressive range. COBIS has provided CPD for over 2,000 staff this year, an exciting range of student competitions and events, and has been at the very forefront of representation of BSOs and lobbying for your interests. Its support and opinion are now routinely sought by governments, and it is without doubt the premier global organisation of British overseas schools. So I hope that you enjoy every minute. There’s something for everyone, whether school leader or governor. And, of course, the professional networking, and chance to meet our amazing number of leading exhibitors are of enormous value. Sincere thanks to our CEO Colin Bell and the COBIS Team for the mountain of work in creating this event – and also to Board member Dawn Akyurek for her sterling help in putting together the programme. It´s a great professional and social event – and, as we kick off dining at the London Zoo, get ready for Colin´s jokes about a roaring success! I look forward to talking to you personally,
Trevor Rowell, Chairman
Conference Welcome A very warm welcome to the 34th COBIS Annual Conference! Our theme this year is ‘Measuring Success: Wellbeing, Resilience, Education and Leadership in British Schools Overseas’. I believe the very best approach to pupil wellbeing rests on the firm belief that we all achieve our best when we are happy. I am committed to a belief that we need to look after the holistic development of staff and pupils ensuring they stay healthy in body, mind and spirit. This means as school leaders we must ensure that we celebrate success in all its forms and encourage our pupils and staff to strive to be better, but also support them through life’s inevitable setbacks or failures. This caring approach helps school communities to develop a strong sense of self-esteem and responsibility towards themselves and others and the wider world around them. It is part of the moral compass that exists in the best COBIS Schools. At this year’s conference a series of outstanding seminars and speakers will explore issues such as emotional intelligence, values, coaching, and mindfulness. This conference is designed to be interactive, thought provoking and enjoyable as well as providing practical, workable strategies and ideas to take back to your school. With increasing pressure to produce academic results, the emotional welfare of your colleagues, your pupils and yourself can be overlooked yet it must be of prime importance. This conference will help you to get the balance right. It aims to improve our understanding of the causes of the increase in emotional and mental health related issues in schools, to share a range of strategies to improve wellbeing across the school and to ensure each delegate feels more positive about their potential in making a difference in their schools. This year we are introducing COBIS SPARK which will provide our school leaders with an opportunity to give short presentations on an area of innovation from their schools. We hope you will give freely of your experience and expertise, learn from your colleagues and come away with fresh ideas. Attendees also have the opportunity to participate in our additional Safeguarding courses running alongside the conference. With more than 500 delegates, exhibitors and guests attending, please make sure you network with other participants as well as making time to visit the exhibition. Above all, immerse yourself in the world of mindfulness and wellbeing; come along with an open mind and spirit, prepared to try some new things and have fun!
Dawn Akyürek, Headteacher, King’s College School, La Moraleja
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Thank You to our Generous Sponsors On behalf of the COBIS Board and the growing global COBIS network, thank you to the following companies for their generous sponsorship. Their ongoing support and expertise is greatly appreciated. Many of these sponsors are attending the Annual Conference. Please do take the opportunity to visit their exhibition stands. TES Global Stand 35 COBIS Annual Conference Headline Sponsors
Anthony Millard Consulting Stand 71 Sponsorship of Leading British Schools Overseas Seminar
GL Education Stand 15 Design and hosting of the online COBIS membership application system Delivery of the COBIS Annual Research Survey Interactive Schools Sponsorship of the conference wifi
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Browns Books for Students Stand 8 Sponsorship of the 2014 COBIS Primary Creative Challenge
iSAMS Independent Ltd Stand 19 Sponsorship of the routemaster buses to the COBIS Welcome Dinner on Saturday 9 May
Buckinghamshire Learning Trust Sponsorship of the plenary sessions on Monday 11 May
ISC Research Ltd Supporting COBIS Research
Cambridge International Examinations Stand 51 Sponsorship of the COBIS Annual Dinner on Monday 11 May
John Catt Educational Ltd Stand 28 Design and publication of the Annual Conference Programme Sponsorship of the COBIS Student Poetry Competition
Clements Worldwide Sponsorship of the COBIS Welcome Reception and Dinner on Saturday 9 May College Board Sponsorship of Keynote Speaker, Ben Walden on Sunday 10 May DoubleFirst Ltd Stand 52 Sponsorship of the Annual Conference lanyards and name badges Eric Parry Architects Sponsorship of the COBIS Art Competition Eteach International Stand 6 Sponsorship of Leading British Schools Overseas Seminar and Dubai Reception Eye For Business Plenary Room Stand Production of COBIS Films and working with COBIS Student Filmmakers at the Annual Conference Finalsite Design and hosting of the COBIS website Firefly Sponsorship of the Annual Conference notepads
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Follett International Stand 50 Sponsorship of wine at the COBIS Welcome Dinner on Saturday 9 May
Kukri Sports Sponsorship of the 2015 COBIS Games National Physical Laboratory Partner for the 2015 COBIS Young Scientist Film Awards Oddizzi Sponsorship of the 2014 COBIS Primary Creative Challenge Rising Stars Stand 10 Sponsorship of wine at the COBIS Annual Dinner on Monday 11 May Serif Europe Sponsorship of the COBIS Art Competition SIMS International Stand 42 Sponsorship of the Wine Reception on Sunday 10 May TIC Recruitment Ltd Stand 57 Sponsorship of Coffee/Tea breaks during the Annual Conference TTS Group Ltd Stand 18 Production of the conference bags Sponsorship of the 2015 COBIS Young Scientist Film Awards Twig World Stand 11 Sponsorship of the 2015 COBIS Young Scientist Film Awards WCBS International Stand 40 Sponsorship of wine at the COBIS Annual Dinner on Monday 11 May
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Conference Programme 2015 Saturday 9 May 09:00 – 15:00 14:45 – 15:45
Safer Recruitment for International Schools (optional extra course; pre-booking required) Barabarani Education Services, Park Plaza Victoria
16:15 – 17:15
COBIS Ltd Annual General Meeting Representatives from all COBIS Schools welcomed
18:30 – 22:30
COBIS Welcome Reception and Dinner – ZSL London Zoo – Sponsored by Clements Worldwide
Pre-Conference Seminar and Afternoon Tea – hosted by GL Education Levels…Baseline…National Tests…What’s happening with assessment policy back in the UK?
Sunday 10 May 07:30 – 08:15
Mindfulness / Meditation (all welcome; no experience necessary; Beatrice Room 1) Kate Fitzroy
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Exhibition Opens
09:00 – 09:20
Welcome and COBIS Briefing
09:20 – 10:20
Keynote Speaker An Inner Pulse Dominic Peckham, Conductor, Presenter and Choral Ambassador
09:20 – 10:10
Exhibitor and Supporting Member Workshop Wellbeing and Work-Life Balance Karen Ardley, Lead Consultant, Karen Ardley Associates
10:20 – 11:00
Exhibition and Break
11:00 – 12:00
Morning Seminars 1. B est Practice in International School Governance Panel discussion chaired by Trevor Rowell, Chairman, COBIS 2. Fostering Resilience in Your Teaching Workforce Anna Lise Gordon, Programme Director, St Mary’s University, UK 3. Teaching Character and Wellbeing Ian Morris, Head of Wellbeing, Wellington College, UK 4. Our World, Our School – Effective Use of Pupil Voice to Shape our School Development Craig Halsall, Headmaster, Haileybury Almaty, Kazakhstan 5. Why Mindful Listening is Key to Leading a Successful British International School Kai Vacher, Principal, British School Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch with Exhibitors
13:00 – 14:00
Keynote Speaker Developing Wellbeing, Leadership and Achievement for All Baroness Sue Campbell CBE, Chair of Youth Sport Trust
13:10 – 13:50
Exhibitor and Supporting Member Workshop Supporting Member Development Forum
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Afternoon Seminars 1. M easuring the Impact of Leadership Karen Ardley, Lead Consultant, Karen Ardley Associates 2. Workload – Worklight: Managing Workload in Your School Learning Circle chaired by Derek Laidlaw, Headteacher, King’s College Alicante, Spain 3. New Landscapes for Leadership Development Dr Coleen Jackson, International Associate, National College for Teaching and Leadership and Peter Simpson, Headteacher, Senior School Voorschoten, The British School in The Netherlands 4. The Core Purpose of School Leaders is to Improve Student Learning, So Why Are Your Staff Keeping You Awake at Night? Michael Shaw, Programme Director, TES Online Learning and Helen O’Donoghue, Head of International, TES Leadership 5. Wellbeing for the Individual, Wellbeing for the School Community: Mindfulness Programmes for Teachers and Leaders Kate Fitzroy, Accredited Mindfulness Instructor
15:00 – 15:35
Exhibition and Break
15:35 – 16:35
Keynote Speaker – Sponsored by College Board Inspirational Leadership – Lessons from Shakespeare’s Henry V Ben Walden, Founder and Artistic Director of Contender Charlie
15:45 – 16:30
Exhibitor and Supporting Member Workshop Marketing to International Schools Natalie Friend, Communications and Membership Officer, COBIS and Diane Glass, Business Development Manager, ISC Research Ltd
16:35 – 16:40
Round Up and Close
16:40 – 17:30
Wine Reception with Exhibitors – Sponsored by SIMS International
17:30 – 18:15 COBIS Young Scientist Film Awards (all welcome; drinks will continue to be served) followed by a free evening Monday 11 May 07:30 – 08:15 Yoga (all welcome; no experience necessary; Beatrice Room 1) 08:15
Exhibition Opens
09:00 – 09:15
COBIS Welcome and Presentations to COBIS Schools
09:15 – 10:00
Exhibitor and Supporting Member Workshop Business Opportunities in the Gulf Region Derrick Betts, UKTI Education
09:15 – 10:15
Talking Points – Guest Speakers – Sponsored by Buckinghamshire Learning Trust International School Market Growth, Digital Technology, Safeguarding Nick Brummitt, Chairman, The International School Consultancy Group Simon Noakes, Managing Director, Interactive Schools Cheryl Dennett, Senior Social Worker, Child Protection Team, CEOP
10:15 – 10:50
Exhibition and Break
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10:50 – 12:20
Morning Seminars 1. L eadership Coaching: The Latest Fad or a Learning Tool to Take Seriously? David Porritt, Headteacher, Junior School Leidschenveen, The British School in The Netherlands 2. COBIS Spark – Sharing Innovation and Best Practice Chaired by Teresa Woulfe, Senior Vice Principal and Mark Leppard, Principal, Doha College, Qatar 3. Resilient Classroom Cultures Paul Dix, Lead Trainer, Pivotal Education 4. Feedback & Data – Essential for Effective School Leadership in International Education Panel discussion chaired by David Paton, Proprietor and Head, Radnor House, UK
12:20 – 13:20
Lunch with Exhibitors
13:20 – 14:00
COBIS Development Forum
14:00 – 15:00
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M aximising the Effectiveness of Teaching Assistants Eva Cartwright, Principal, The Teaching Assistant College D elivering Effective Student Leadership Training for All COBIS Schools James Slocombe, Director of Studies, King’s College Madrid, Spain A Model for Teaching & Learning Excellence David Paton, Proprietor and Head and Lucy Moonen, Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning, Radnor House, UK Positive Psychology and The Wellbeing Daisy Dr Angie Wigford, Educational Psychologist, Teachers International Consultancy The New Kid on the Block – Establishing a New School in a Highly Competitive Market Brian Cooklin, Principal, Nord Anglia International School, Hong Kong
15:00 – 15:30
Exhibition and Break
15:30 – 16:30
Keynote Speaker – Sponsored by Buckinghamshire Learning Trust Character for the Learning Age: Developing Brilliant Learners Professor Guy Claxton, Authority on the development of intellectual character
16:30 – 16:45
Thank You and Conference Close
18:30 – 19:30
34th COBIS Annual Reception
19:30 – 22:30 COBIS Annual Dinner – Sponsored by Cambridge International Examinations Formal dress: black tie and national dress optional Tuesday 12 May 10:00 – 15:30
Advanced Child Protection Course (optional extra course; pre-booking required) Kidscape, St Peter’s Church Parish Hall
09:30 – 16:30
IPML Facilitator Training (Tuesday-Thursday)
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Keynote Speaker Biographies Dominic Peckham Conductor, Presenter and Choral Ambassador Session Title: An Inner Pulse Dominic Peckham is regarded as one of the UK’s finest young, dynamic orchestral and choral conductors. Hailed as ‘one of the most exciting conductors of his generation’, Peckham has been commended at home and abroad for his ‘freshness and vitality’ directing both orchestras and choirs whilst delivering ‘gutsy, raw and exciting performances’. A conductor of immense energy and focus, Peckham is renowned for his dedication to the Renaissance and Baroque era, whilst also passionate about the delivery of new works and inspirational collaborations. In addition to his Musical Directorship at The London Oriana Choir, Peckham holds an impressive array of posts including Artistic Director of The Royal Opera House’s ‘RM19’ Youth Chorus, Assistant Music Director of The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, Artistic Director and Founder of iSingUK, Artistic Director of The Fourth Choir, Director of The Ulster Youth Training Choir and Guest Conductor for Aldeburgh Music, for whom he recently premièred their ‘Friday Afternoons’ commissions with the Jubilee Opera Chorus. An ambassador for choral music of international renown through both performance and his extensive pioneering educational work, Peckham has served as Vocal Director for the BBC Choir of the Year, as a consultant of Trinity Guildhall’s teaching programme and as a guest speaker for ‘Sing Up’. Baroness Sue Campbell CBE Chair of Youth Sport Trust Session Title: Developing Wellbeing, Leadership and Achievement for All Sue Campbell trained as a physical education teacher, taught in Manchester and lectured at Leicester and Loughborough Universities. During this time, Sue represented her country as a player, a coach and a team manager. She then went on to spend four years as a regional officer with the Sports Council (now Sport England) before moving to the National Coaching Foundation (NCF). Following 11 years as the Chief Executive of the NCF, she became Chief Executive of the Youth Sport Trust. In February 2005, Sue became Chair of that organisation. Among many honours, Sue has received 10 honorary doctorates and in June 2003, Sue was awarded a Commander of the British Empire for her services to sport. From January 2000-2006, Sue was a non-political adviser to the DfES and DCMS on physical education and sport. In April 2005 she was appointed as Chair for UK Sport, following 18 months as the Reform Chair. Sue held this position for two terms, and following a very successful Olympics/Paralympics in 2012, she stood down as Chair in April 2013. In December 2008 Sue was appointed to the House of Lords as an independent Crossbench Peer.
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Ben Walden Founder and Artistic Director of Contender Charlie Session Title: Inspirational Leadership – Lessons from Shakespeare’s Henry V Ben is an actor and presenter who has played a number of leading roles on television and for the Donmar and Almeida theatre companies as well as at Shakespeare’s Globe. He has run many masterclasses for the Shakespeare’s Globe Education Centre and has worked in close collaboration with Mark Rylance and Richard Olivier in the development of an experiential theatre learning technique called Mythodrama. As a Senior Associate Director at Olivier Mythodrama, Ben is now running sessions bringing this work into a broad range of organisations across the world. He has also run projects at a number of leading business schools including Columbia, OSBS, the London Business School and INSEAD. “Contender Charlie” is the group he has formed to take this, and other theatre techniques, into education. Its courses are now being run at Headteacher conferences and staff and student events all over Britain and internationally. He is a father of four children, and aside from his family, Ben’s chief passion is using theatre as a medium to bring meaning, purpose and greater personal expression to the lives of young people. Nick Brummitt, Chairman, The International School Consultancy Group Simon Noakes, Managing Director, Interactive Schools Cheryl Dennett, Senior Social Worker, Child Protection Team, CEOP Session Title: Talking Points Nick Brummitt is Chairman of The International School Consultancy Group. He started working with international schools in 1978, founded The International School Consultancy in 1994, ISC Research in 2005, ISC Worldwide in 2007 and ISC Consultancy in 2011. This presentation will remind delegates about how dramatically the international schools market has grown, give an update on developments over the last year, look at the British section of the market together with figures for COBIS member schools, and present the latest ISC Research forecasts for global market growth. Simon Noakes is at the cutting edge of marketing and communications within the international education sector. He is an expert in strategic marketing, thought leadership, social media, brand value, and innovative thinking. Simon does not follow benchmarks. Success can only be delivered through creating new benchmarks and #inspiringschools. Simon challenges the traditional methods of communication, and embraces new ways of thinking that align to changes in user behaviour and technological advances. The title of Simon’s presentation is BUSTED: Social Media Myths. Why your COBIS School Should Be Tweeting. The fear of Social Media in schools around the world is driven out of ignorance, not knowledge. Do you need to pull your #Head out the ground and start understanding how to use social media - but more importantly ‘content channels’ more effectively? Humans are driven by the need to be happy, part of a community and the need to share good news. Social Media is the conduit to achieving this. Don’t let someone else’s negative story impact your brand. Start telling your own stories, and watch your community share, like and retweet around the world. Learn about reach, social influence and the importance of your digital brand. The NCA’s CEOP Command (formerly the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre) works with child protection partners across the UK and overseas to identify the main threats to children and coordinates activity against these threats to bring offenders to account. They protect children from harm online and offline, directly through NCA led operations and in partnership with local and international agencies. Their approach is holistic. Officers in CEOP and across the NCA who specialise in this area of criminality work side by side with professionals from the wider child protection community and industry. Intelligence developed in the NCA intelligence hub informs NCA-CEOP operational deployments, steers their development of new capabilities and underpins their dedicated ThinkUKnow education programme for children of all ages, parents and carers.
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Professor Guy Claxton World Renowned Authority on the Development of Intellectual Character, Author and Academic Session Title: Character for the Learning Age: Developing Brilliant Learners Guy Claxton is a world renowned authority on the development of intellectual character. He is the author of many books including Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind: Why Intelligence Increases When You Think Less and Wise Up: The Challenge of Lifelong Learning. John Cleese said of Hare Brain, “Just occasionally I get the feeling that someone has said something important”. With Bill Lucas he is author of The Creative Thinking Plan, New Kinds of Smart, and Expansive Education: Teaching Learners for the Real World. Guy’s bestseller What’s the Point of School? was highly praised by Professor Howard Gardner, Sir Ken Robinson and Baroness Susan Greenfield. Stanford Professor Carol Dweck called his jointly-authored 2012 book, The Learning Powered School: Pioneering 21st Century Education, “superb, innovative and important”. His practical Building Learning Power approach to creating learning cultures in schools has influenced youngsters’ lives throughout the UK as well as in, for example, Ireland, Poland, Switzerland, Dubai, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand. Guy has a ‘double first’ in Natural Sciences from Cambridge and a doctorate from Oxford. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the Royal Society of Arts, and an Academician of the Academy of the Social Sciences. He is Emeritus Professor of the Learning Sciences at the Centre for Real-World Learning, University of Winchester, and Visiting Professor of Education at King’s College London.
COBIS on Camera Watch out for the COBIS Student Filmmakers at the 2015 COBIS Annual Conference. COBIS is pleased to be working with Eye for Business to prepare two exciting new films that will be showcased at the COBIS Annual Conference. The first film will open the Conference on Sunday morning. The second film will be filmed and edited over the course of the conference by students from COBIS Schools in Romania and the UK – Transylvania College and Halcyon London International School – working with professionals from Eye for Business. Watch out for our Student Filmmakers – they may want to hear your thoughts on the 34th COBIS Annual Conference!
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Seminar Overviews Sunday 10 May Sunday Morning Seminars Best Practice in International School Governance Panel Discussion chaired by Trevor Rowell, Chairman, COBIS This interactive session will give panel members and audience members the opportunity to consider and discuss the most important factors of successful governance in a British School Overseas. Panel members: Jennifer Bray, Board Member, COBIS Dr Martin Coles, Principal & CEO, The British School in The Netherlands Mark Turner, Chairman of the Board of Governors, St George’s International School Luxembourg Fostering Resilience in Your Teaching Workforce Anna Lise Gordon, Programme Director, St Mary’s University, UK This interactive seminar will share an approach that has been developed by Anna Lise Gordon with trainee teachers at St Mary’s University and with middle leaders in one partnership school to focus on resilience as a key component of teacher wellbeing and effectiveness. Research-informed evidence and examples will underpin the presentation throughout. The importance of resilience in a challenging profession will be considered, as well as a range of strategies to prompt reflection as part of schoolbased CPD and/or coaching and mentoring provision with colleagues. The seminar will be of personal and professional interest to participants, but also aims to provide a framework for fostering resilience with colleagues. Anna Lise joined St Mary’s University in 1998 as senior lecturer in education for modern languages. She is currently working towards a Doctorate in Education focusing on resilience of early career teachers. She is also a committed coach as part of St Mary’s Coaching and Mentoring Strategy for staff. Particular interests include mentoring for trainee teachers and the development of trainee teachers as reflective practitioners to enhance pupil learning. Anna Lise is PGCE Secondary Programme Director and leads the MFL PGCE programme. Anna Lise was a joint winner of the St Henry Walpole Prize for Teaching and Learning (awarded by St Mary’s in December 2013) for innovative work on fostering resilience with trainee teachers. Anna Lise is a member of the national Executive Council for the Association for Language Learning. She was awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship in 2012 and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Teaching Character and Wellbeing Ian Morris, Head of Wellbeing, Wellington College, UK What is the purpose of education? It’s easy to muddle or mislead in responding to this question and this session will argue that the purpose of education is exactly the same as the purpose of human life: the pursuit of flourishing or wellbeing through the acquisition and practice of the virtues. Ian Morris is Head of Wellbeing at Wellington College, a large independent boarding school in Berkshire, UK. Ian introduced the wellbeing curriculum at Wellington in 2006 and has since written 2 books on the teaching of Happiness and Wellbeing (second book currently in press). Ian lives at the school with his wife and two young children.
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Our World, Our School – Effective Use of Pupil Voice to Shape our School Development Craig Halsall, Headmaster, Haileybury Almaty, Kazakhstan We would like to share some of our ideas as to how we’re using pupil voice to help develop our school. Whilst none of the ideas are perhaps individually ground breaking, we are using widespread pupil voice effectively to develop our school within a cultural context that believes pupils attend school to be taught, and not to make decisions on behalf of school leaders. Our objective is to ensure our pupils are heard and fully included in all major decisions that affect them including the recruitment and selection of all new teaching staff, staff appraisal, attendance at SLT meetings and inclusion in lesson planning and much more. Our vision is to encourage a paradigm shift of cultural expectations, by showing parents and our local community that to be leaders within a global context, our pupils must find and develop their voice and leadership skills during their time at Haileybury Almaty. This will be an interactive session. Craig is currently Headmaster at Haileybury Almaty, a successful 5-18 international school following a British curriculum with 580 students. Craig has acquired a balance of experience across independent, public and commercial educational sectors including secondary and primary schools in the UK, Middle East and Asia. Craig prides himself on being highly motivated and with leadership strengths in inspection/accreditation, organisational structures, school development planning, and building effective teams. Why Mindful Listening is Key to Leading a Successful British International School Kai Vacher, Principal, British School Muscat, Sultanate of Oman This seminar will look at the role of mindful listening in constructing and implementing an ambitious school development plan; establishing a master-plan to create inspiring facilities; and creating an ethos that underpins and drives all aspects of learning. Participants will come away with an understanding of what mindful listening is and why it is an essential leadership skill. Kai Vacher is an experienced school leader. He is a progressive and modernising thinker with an open and inclusive style. He has held senior positions in 2 large schools in the UK and for 9 years was a Director of Innovation at SSAT, an independent, school improvement charity based in London. As Principal of British School Muscat, Kai is determined to establish BSM as a leading international school globally. He has an appreciation of and interest in combining the best of traditional teaching methods with more innovative approaches based on research.
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Representing members with the British Government, educational bodies, the corporate sector & Ministries of Education worldwide Delivering high quality conferences, training programmes & webinars for leaders, governors, teachers & support staff. Plus access to DBS checks & child protection training Engaging, challenging & inspiring students of all ages & abilities by delivering excellent interschool student competitions & events Communicating news & research about developing practice in the international & UK education sector. Free posting of job adverts on the COBIS website Facilitating high impact ‘Member to Member’ professional networking
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Sunday Afternoon Seminars Measuring the Impact of Leadership Karen Ardley, Lead Consultant, Karen Ardley Associates Research tells us that school leadership is second only to classroom teaching as an influence on student outcomes. What are the leadership activities that have the greatest impact? How can we measure the impact of leadership? What does high impact leadership look like in practice? Can you increase the positive impact of your leadership? In this engaging and interactive seminar we will explore what we know from international research into leadership about the impact on school and student performance. We will consider what high impact leadership looks like in practice and identify ways in which leaders can increase the positive impact of their leadership and management. Participants will work together to develop their knowledge and understanding about measuring and improving the impact of leadership on school performance. Karen is a successful programme designer, facilitator and coach specialising in leadership. Her programmes are engaging and practical, focusing on learning and impact. Currently Karen is working with United Nations to design and implement a leadership programme for systems leaders. This work follows the successful roll out of Leading for the Future for 700 school principals in the Near East. She works extensively with National College International Business Unit on projects, Ministries of Education in UAE, KSA and India, Ningbo University, China, programmes for international school principals and leaders of ICT. COBIS have successfully run the KAA Middle Leadership programme in Spain, France, Czech Republic, Japan, Egypt, Greece and China. Karen is passionate about learning and leadership. Workload – Worklight: Managing Workload in Your School Learning Circle chaired by Derek Laidlaw, Headteacher, King’s College Alicante, Spain How do you manage your workload? What contributes to a sense of ‘overload’ at work and how can we, as school leaders, lighten the load for staff, and ourselves, whilst maintaining an efficient work rate and effective teaching? What, in your opinion, constitutes an acceptable workload? Who should set the parameters for an individual’s workload? Have you solved the workload puzzle? Offering support and challenge in equal measure and investing in staff training coupled with a robust and transparent accountability process are all required in order to create an effective, high achieving and positive school workforce. Easier said than done? This session will consist of a discussion and sharing of ideas to enable school leaders to learn from each other and explore areas of common concern. Derek started his teaching career in Scotland, spending 13 years at the High School of Dundee (HMC) followed by 5 years at Morrison´s Academy (HMC) in Crieff. During this time Derek also worked as a freelance Musical Director with the National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA), spent 10 years as a commissioned officer in the Black Watch TA and 12 years as an examiner and moderator with the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). In 2001, he moved to Qatar to work at Doha College for 6 years before moving to his current school in Alicante, Spain.
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New Landscapes for Leadership Development Dr Coleen Jackson, International Associate, National College for Teaching and Leadership and Peter Simpson, Headteacher, Senior School Voorschoten, The British School in The Netherlands This session will cover three broad areas: Using international programmes (IPML, IPSL) within COBIS; Models of professional learning that work; Case Studies from the field. There will be an opportunity to hear about the latest leadership development initiatives from the National College in England and how the programmes are having an impact in schools around the world. Dr Coleen Jackson has extensive experience in education consultancy as a facilitator, executive coach and process consultant in both the UK and internationally. Coleen has been an associate with the National College for a number of years and has contributed to the development and facilitation of leadership programmes and the College’s facilitation framework. Coleen has held senior positions in universities and schools. Peter Simpson is currently Head of Senior School at The British School in the Netherlands. Peter has UK Headship experience and a long-term interest in leadership development. He is a trained and experienced facilitator on the National College leadership programmes and is the COBIS Lead Facilitator for the IPML. Since 2010 he has been a member of the Board of COBIS and serves on the CPD and Quality Assurance committees. The Core Purpose of School Leaders is to Improve Student Learning, So Why Are Your Staff Keeping You Awake at Night? Michael Shaw, Programme Director, TES Online Learning and Helen O’Donoghue, Head of International, TES Leadership This session will explore some of the key aspects of staff management, including performance management and appraisals, professional development through CPD, and the use of resource platforms that will allow your staff to shortcut lesson planning to focus on the quality of teaching and learning. Michael Shaw is the TES’s programme director for online learning (and former deputy editor of the TES magazine). He joined the publication as a news reporter back in 2002, and has worked in a variety of journalistic roles including editing its comment and news pages. In 2013 he set up the app version of the magazine, TES Reader, and the free TES Jobs app. Helen O’Donoghue has over twenty five years’ experience of working in schools nationally and internationally. She has held key leadership roles in international schools in Germany and the UK, also working in senior leadership roles in the Netherlands and New Zealand. Helen has previously worked as an international trainer and consultant, supporting schools to improving learning, through strategic planning, curriculum development and leadership training.
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Wellbeing for the Individual, Wellbeing for the School Community: Mindfulness Programmes for Teachers and Leaders Kate Fitzroy, Accredited Mindfulness Instructor This seminar aims to explore the benefits and practical aspects of implementing mindfulness training and practice in schools. Mindfulness develops, among other skills, kinds of awareness and concentration which reduce stress. Individuals who can manage pressure or stress better develop greater resilience, avoid dangerous levels of fatigue, and are able to bring their professional life into closer alignment with their values, ideals and vision. Leaders who practise mindfulness report that they make better decisions, manage change and stress more effectively, feel generally more productive and able to communicate better. This in turn leads to an improved way of managing their work and interacting with staff, as well as greater scope for creativity and innovativeness. Benefits for the individual, therefore, result in benefits for the school community as a whole. Kate Fitzroy has over thirty years’ experience in training and education. She has applied her expertise in languages and arts to training in the private sector and also to teaching humanities at a UK university. She is an accredited Mindfulness instructor, having trained with RespiraVida/Breathworks, a member of the UK Network for Mindfulness-Based Teachers. This includes institutions such as the Universities of Oxford, Bangor and Exeter, and, among other functions, is responsible for quality assurance in the work of mindfulness instructors. Kate offers mindfulness training to groups during the year and has frequently run workshops (often to professionals, such as a London-based law company), as well as mindfulness retreats in rural Spain. Monday 11 May Monday Morning Seminars Leadership Coaching: The Latest Fad or a Learning Tool to Take Seriously? David Porritt, Headteacher, Junior School Leidschenveen, The British School in The Netherlands This 90-minute workshop blends practical participant peer-coaching activity with theory. The workshop aims to establish an empirical base by examining what is known about the effectiveness of coaching both in practical and psychological terms. For the most part, the workshop concentrates on peer coaching and examines what can be done to establish it as an effective tool for leadership development in our schools. The workshop is particularly suitable for senior leaders who are interested in developing their own coaching skills or establishing peer-coaching programmes in their school. The presenters’ Doctoral research, set within the COBIS International Programme for Middle Leaders, provides a context for discussion and an up-to-date understanding of the impact coaching has made for teacher leaders in COBIS schools. David has been a Headteacher for 17 years in the UK state sector, an international school in Singapore and now in Holland. He holds an MBA in Educational Leadership and has been an Additional Inspector for Ofsted and ISI. He has facilitated five National College Middle Leaders Development Programmes for COBIS and is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership & Management holding a Level 7 certificate in Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring. He is currently working on his Doctorate in Leadership at UCL The Institute of Education, where his research focus is on the impact that peer coaching makes on leadership effectiveness. His passion is for developing people, for learning and continuous improvement in schools. His particular interest is ensuring that all learners achieve and progress as well as they can in an inclusive, service orientated school. In adult learning he is interested in distributed leadership, organisational effectiveness, self-managing teams, coaching and mentoring.
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COBIS Spark – Sharing Innovation and Best Practice Chaired by Teresa Woulfe, Senior Vice Principal and Mark Leppard, Principal, Doha College, Qatar COBIS Spark (Sharing Pedagogy And Refining Knowledge) is a new initiative at the Annual Conference. During this session delegates will give short presentations about an area of innovation or best practice within their school. Spark events (also billed as TeachMeet) have taken place successfully in a number of international schools in recent years. This session will give senior leaders attending the Annual Conference the opportunity to share their experience and expertise, learn from colleagues, and come away with new ideas. Presenters have volunteered in advance; all delegates are welcome to attend as observers. This session will be chaired by Mark Leppard, Principal and Teresa Woulfe, Senior Vice Principal/Head of Secondary of Doha College, Qatar. Doha College is one of the oldest British curriculum schools in Qatar, providing a world class education for 1800 children between the ages of 3 and 18, representing over 70 nationalities. Resilient Classroom Cultures Paul Dix, Lead Trainer, Pivotal Education Paul Dix will reveal the practical steps the best teachers take to build resilient learners. This session will look at the power of teacher behaviour to create rapid change. It will explore the role of positive recognition and pride in building resilience and examine how fine-tuning of classroom assessment can transform learning. Paul will show you how to embed high expectations deep in your classroom cultures while inspiring you to change your practice. He will challenge you to engage in whole school action research and give you the practical tips that are essential for leading institutional change. Paul Dix is a leading voice in Behaviour Management in the UK and internationally. Paul is a columnist for the Times Educational Supplement and Teach Primary magazines. He is a leading writer for Pearson/ Longman with five published titles, has advised the Minister for Justice (UK), Department for Education (UK) and has presented evidence to the Education Select Committee on behaviour and discipline. Paul won a National Training Award in 2009 and a Royal Television Society Award in 2011 for his Teachers TV programme ‘The Behaviour Challenge’. Paul is a trainer with an exceptional reputation for designing, implementing and sustaining excellence in schools across the world. Most recently Paul has been working with St Paul’s School in Sao Paulo Brazil as well as the Alpha Plus Schools in the UK. Feedback & Data – Essential for Effective School Leadership in International Education Panel Discussion chaired by David Paton, Proprietor and Head, Radnor House, UK “Leading schools have leading leaders” – but how do today’s school leaders have to adapt to the demands of a data driven society? Colleagues from schools in Mexico, Switzerland, Hong Kong and the UK will talk through the challenges that they have faced to meet the demands from students, parents and governors of their schools to ensure that their school continues to exceed expectations academically and pastorally whilst building their reputation. The session will look practically at how data and effective use of feedback in a selection of COBIS schools is used with a variety of stakeholders including students, parents, Middle Leaders, Senior Leaders, and School Governors. David Paton is the Proprietor and Head of Radnor House and a passionate believer in the power of good teaching. As Head, David works closely with the Senior Leadership Team to deliver an outstanding learning experience for pupils and teachers alike. David has been a teacher for almost 15 years and prior to founding Radnor House was Head of Sixth Form at Harrodian and Deputy Head of the Senior School at Dulwich College. He achieved his undergraduate degree at the University of Edinburgh and his Masters degree at the Institute of Education. David still teaches the GCSE and A-Level Business and Economics courses and has been the driving force behind the school’s entrepreneurial outlook.
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Monday Afternoon Seminars Maximising the Effectiveness of Teaching Assistants Eva Cartwright, Principal, The Teaching Assistant College This session will explore the following topics: Looking at opportunities to make the most of the Teaching Assistant team through systematically reviewing the current roles, responsibilities and impact; Using auditing tools to assess current practice and using the findings to work out the direction to take the TA team along with considering the ideal picture; Formulating a professional development plan to fill gaps in knowledge, skills and understanding; Considering performance management as a positive process for target setting and action planning; Developing the working relationships of teachers and TAs for a consistent approach in leading learning and classroom management. Eva Cartwright is Principal and founder of The Teaching Assistant College and Early Years College. With over 14 years of experience in delivering the highest quality training for teaching assistants and early years practitioners she has devised strategies including eLearning and blended learning approaches to make becoming qualified accessible. Eva has a passion for supporting teaching assistants and early years’ practitioners to be creative in their approach and to focus on the things that really matter in the children they work with such as building independence, self-esteem and confidence. Eva’s training organisations have delivered accredited qualifications and professional development to over 15,000 teaching assistants in over 20 different countries. Delivering Effective Student Leadership Training for All COBIS Schools James Slocombe, Director of Studies, King’s College, Madrid, Spain For several years King’s Group and COBIS have organised a Student Leadership/Head Boys’ and Girls’ Conference that ran alongside the teachers’ conference in the autumn term. In 2014 the Student Leadership Conference ran as a standalone event and it proved to be tremulously popular with COBIS schools from around the world sending student delegates to Madrid to participate. Through interactive activities with trainers and motivational speakers, students were presented with opportunities to develop self-awareness, interpersonal skills and life competencies. The scope for expansion of the Student Leadership Conference, by extending the depth and breadth of activities and encouraging a year-round student-led dialogue focused on bringing the COBIS “Student Network” together, is a real and exciting possibility for future years. The aims of this seminar are to discuss and evaluate the programme of the Student Leadership Conference in October 2014; establish COBIS schools’ needs in regard to Student Leadership training; and collaboratively develop and promote a programme for a Student Leadership Conference in October 2015. James Slocombe is Director of Studies at King’s College, Madrid. He holds responsibility for the academic provision and quality of Teaching and Learning throughout the College (EYFS to Sixth Form) and is a member of the Secondary Leaders’ Strategy Group encompassing all of the Group’s schools. James was the Programme Director of the King’s Group/COBIS Student Leadership Conference held in October 2014. As a Trustee and Director of the British Youth Council for 7 years, James led BYC’s International Representation to the UN, Commonwealth and European Youth Forums and ran youth empowerment projects throughout the UK. He is a serving school governor, a senior mentor for the University of South Wales PGCE programme and contributor to the RSA’s Opening Minds curriculum. James has led expeditions with Young Leaders through Ghana, Jordan, New Zealand and Malaysia in programmes organised through World Challenge and the Scout Association. A warranted 14-18 Leader for the Scout Association, qualified DofE Expedition Assessor and Mountain Leader (ML-S) holder, James currently runs the DofE programme for King’s students in his spare time.
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A Model for Teaching & Learning Excellence David Paton, Proprietor and Head and Lucy Moonen, Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning, Radnor House, UK David Paton and Lucy Moonen will be considering how to construct, deliver and maintain excellent standards of Teaching and Learning. This will include consideration of what makes an outstanding lesson, as well as an overview of the strategies and systems that can be implemented to embed this. At Radnor House, Teaching and Learning is given centre-stage as the heart of the school and the most important aspect of its day-to-day life. Teachers plan creative and dynamic lessons, whilst also ensuring that preparation for external examinations is rigorous. As a new school founded four years ago, Radnor House has implemented systems of staff training and observation designed to reflect best practice and educational research, providing a supportive platform for teachers as they work to ensure exceptional curriculum delivery and an educational experience second to none. David Paton is the Head and Proprietor of Radnor House, an independent school in Twickenham, UK. Founded in 2011, Radnor House has witnessed rapid expansion with a roll of over 300 pupils and a very successful Ofsted inspection. David was previously the Head of Sixth Form at Harrodian and briefly Deputy Head of the Senior School at Dulwich College. Lucy Moonen is Assistant Head – Teaching and Learning at Radnor House School, a role that encompasses all aspects of classroom practice, and the methods and processes that ensure consistently excellent education. A History teacher by training, Lucy was previously Head of Humanities at Radnor House, having formerly worked in the state-funded sector. Lucy is currently studying for a Masters degree in Learning and Teaching at Oxford University. Positive Psychology and The Wellbeing Daisy Dr Angie Wigford, Educational Psychologist, Teachers International Consultancy A discussion of the latest British research in positive psychology including a proven method for assessing and measuring wellbeing across your school, “The Wellbeing Project”, and a proven intervention approach using Teaching Assistants (The ELSA Project: Emotional Literacy Support Assistants). The change management approach of Appreciative Inquiry will be considered in relation to whole school development. This session will provide an explanation of the Wellbeing Daisy, devised by Cardiff Psychologist Dr Neil Frude, as a way of understanding how wellbeing is affected by the eight key factors: resilience, optimism, motivation, positive relationships, energy, engagement, self-confidence and enjoyment. Dr Angie Wigford is a former international schools secondary science teacher (Colegio Anglo Colombiano, Colombia and the Vienna International School). She is a co-founder and Director of TIC (Teachers International Consultancy). Angie retrained 8 years ago and currently works as an Educational Psychologist in the South Wales valleys. She has recently started her own company with 3 other Educational Psychologists to provide services to International Schools: IEPS (International Educational Psychology Service). The New Kid on the Block – Establishing a New School in a Highly Competitive Market Brian Cooklin, Principal, Nord Anglia International School, Hong Kong The session will cover the challenges and strategies involved in building and setting up a new school. Mr Cooklin recently opened a new school in Hong Kong and he will be able to share his in-depth experience of establishing a new brand in an extremely competitive international market. A teacher of almost 40 years’ experience, Brian Cooklin has been a Principal in the UK, Mexico and Hong Kong for the last 19 years. A former President of the Headteachers’ Association of Scotland and School Leaders Scotland, Brian was an Executive member of ASCL, served on the Council of the International Confederation of Principals and took part in a number of EU and Government Education projects. He is also an experienced trainer, coach and mentor.
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Exhibitor and Supporting Member Workshops Sunday 10 May Wellbeing and Work-Life Balance Karen Ardley, Lead Consultant, Karen Ardley Associates Professionals often put their own wellbeing low down on their to do list. This interactive and engaging workshop will provide you with techniques, strategies and information to reflect on and improve your own work/life balance, performance and wellbeing. • How stressed and busy are you? • What does research tell us about happiness? • What matters most and how can we measure what matters? • Strategies and techniques to create “headspace” • Balancing your work and life Come and try our tools and strategies for balancing life and work. Take away proven techniques to improve the quality and balance of each day. You owe it to yourself. Supporting Member Development Forum Natalie Friend, Communications and Membership Officer, COBIS COBIS Supporting Members are invited to attend this informal forum with Natalie Friend, COBIS Communications and Membership Officer. The session will be an opportunity to ask questions about supporting membership and suggest additional benefits which could be offered as part of the COBIS supporting membership package. Natalie will also present the results of the recent COBIS Supporting Member Survey. Marketing to International Schools Natalie Friend, Communications and Membership Officer, COBIS and Diane Glass, Business Development Manager, ISC Research Ltd Marketing to international schools presents opportunities and challenges for your business. Join Diane Glass, Business Development Manager, ISC Research Ltd, and Natalie Friend, COBIS Communications and Membership Officer, who will share data and practical knowledge on how to build a strategy for selling to overseas schools. Supporting Members will be invited to share their experiences of marketing to a global audience. Monday 11 May Business Opportunities in the Gulf Region Derrick Betts, Sector Specialist, UKTI Education This session will provide an overview of the work that UKTI Education is undertaking in the Gulf Region. UKTI Education is a team within government that has been set up to help UK organisations in the education and training sector win high value business opportunities overseas.
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COBIS Student Competitions, Awards and Activities COBIS schools worldwide share a commitment to nurture, develop and recognise student talent and achievement both through the curriculum and through a range of challenging extra curricular activities. COBIS, with the support of our member schools, continues to engage with students and the wider COBIS community through an ever-increasing range of student competitions, events and awards. COBIS Student Leadership Conference 17-19 October 2014 – King’s College, Spain The COBIS Student Leadership Conference, hosted by King’s Group, took place in the autumn term in Madrid. The event offered leadership and life skills training for senior students. The conference was very well received by students and teachers alike, with 30 students in attendance from schools in Qatar, Russia, France, Egypt and Romania. The inaugural issue of World Student Magazine was launched during the conference by Sir Roger Fry, Chairman, King’s Group and COBIS Honorary President and Alex Sharratt, Managing Director, John Catt Educational. COBIS partnered with John Catt Educational to launch the publication, with the intention of inspiring students in schools around the world to think ambitiously about their futures. COBIS Student World Debate Competition 6-8 February 2015 – The British School of Bucharest, Romania This year’s competition took place at the British School of Bucharest. The host school put forward a formidable team who were joined by 15 other teams from schools in Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, The Netherlands and more. The spirited debates kicked off on the Saturday morning, with the day culminating in the highly amusing Showcase Debate. On Sunday, the teams got back to the main competition and fought for their places in the finals. In the end, the team from The Edron Academy, Mexico took the Cup after a fantastic final with The British School of Bucharest. St George’s International School, Luxembourg took home the Plate after a close debate with Rygaards International School, Denmark. COBIS Art Competition October 2014 – April 2015 The COBIS Art Competition launched this year for students aged 4-14 with the theme “I live in this beautiful place”. The theme celebrates the many different regions in which COBIS Schools are based. Entries were received from schools in Asia, Africa, South America and Europe. Well done to all who took part this year! COBIS Primary and Secondary Games 14-16 May 2015 – St Catherine’s British School, Athens 2015 sees the Primary and Secondary Games being brought together in the impressive Olympic Stadium of the 2004 Olympic Games. 31 COBIS schools will convene in Athens for a weekend of sporting excellence in athletics, football and swimming. St Catherine’s British School, as the winner from last year’s Secondary Games, have taken on the challenge of hosting the two competitions together in what is sure to be an exciting and tense weekend! Good luck to all competing teams! Other COBIS Competitions, Awards and Activities • COBIS Primary Creative Challenge • COBIS Student Achievement Awards • COBIS Student Poetry Competition • COBIS Senior School Music Festival • COBIS Young Scientist Film Awards
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COBIS Professional Development 2014/15 has been a busy year for COBIS CPD. More than 2,000 people have participated in conferences, training days, and webinars for Teachers, TAs, Heads, Governors, Senior Leaders, Middle Leaders, Marketing, Development and Admissions Staff, Bursars, Business Managers, and HR Staff. The COBIS CPD calendar caters for an increasingly broad cross-section of the school workforce, and covers an increasingly wide geographic spread. In 2014/15 COBIS CPD events took place in Switzerland, The Netherlands, Spain, Romania, Uganda, Greece, China, UAE and the UK. With COBIS Schools in more than 65 countries worldwide, we are making increasing use of online and e-learning opportunities to help schools maximise their CPD budgets and allow more members of the COBIS community to take advantage of CPD opportunities. There have been c.20 webinars this academic year on topics including Habits of Amazing Teachers, Assessing Pupils’ Progress in a World Without Levels, Third Culture Kids, Bringing Tablet Technology into the Classroom, Differentiation for Challenge, and much more. For more information on webinars, visit www.cobis.org.uk/Webinars. COBIS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. All COBIS Schools are required to complete training in Safer Recruitment and Child Protection. We are pleased to be offering courses on Safer Recruitment in International Schools and Advanced Child Protection before and after the 34th COBIS Annual Conference. We also work with EduCare to provide high-quality online safeguarding and duty of care training to British International Schools worldwide. For more information, visit www.cobis.org.uk/Educare. COBIS member and non-member schools can access the COBIS service administering Disclosure and Baring Service checks.
2015/16 COBIS CPD Events (details subject to change; check the COBIS website for latest details) COBIS Student Leadership Weekend, Madrid – 9-11 October 2015 King’s College Madrid, Spain COBIS EYFS Conference, Ankara – 23-24 October 2015 British Embassy School Ankara, Turkey COBIS/King’s Group Teachers’ Conference, Madrid – 6-7 November 2015 King’s College Madrid, Spain COBIS Conference for Bursars, Business Managers and HR Staff, The Hague – 20-21 November 2015 The British School in The Netherlands COBIS PE Conference, in association with Youth Sport Trust, UK – Spring 2016 COBIS Conference for PAs and Secretaries, Bucharest – 25-26 February 2016 The British School of Bucharest, Romania COBIS Four-Day Middle Leaders’ Course, Doha – 9-12 March 2016 Doha English Speaking School, Qatar COBIS Conference for Teachers and Support Staff, Doha – 11-12 March 2016 Doha College, Qatar St Paul’s Education Conference, in association with COBIS, São Paulo – 19-20 March 2016 St Paul’s School, Brazil COBIS Conference for Marketing, Development and Admissions Staff, Prague – 21-22 March 2016 Prague British School, Czech Republic COBIS Conference for Teachers and Support Staff, Lagos – 7-8 April 2016 Grange School, Nigeria COBIS Conference for Teachers and Support Staff, Nairobi – 22-23 April 2016 Hillcrest International Schools, Kenya 35th COBIS Annual Conference, London – 7-9 May 2016
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COBIS Research In 2014/15, COBIS launched a new research project, working in partnership with GL Education and supported by data from ISC Research Ltd. The COBIS Annual Research Survey was undertaken to help develop a better understanding of the growing global COBIS family of schools, as well as the British International Education sector as a whole. The results of the survey are supporting lobbying activities, informing planning for future CPD events, and helping facilitate increased school-to-school networking, communication and support. COBIS is grateful to GL Education for delivering this project and producing the bespoke, benchmarking reports for responding schools. We are also grateful to all of the COBIS Schools that supported this project. Data for the 2nd COBIS Annual Research Survey will be collected in October 2015. A copy of the summary report is available on the COBIS website: www.cobis.org.uk/Research Did you know? (details from responding schools) • • • • • • • • •
The oldest COBIS school was founded in 1926 65% of responding COBIS schools teach cross-phase (both primary and secondary) Some COBIS schools have as many as 91 pupil nationalities 19% of COBIS schools offer boarding 104 different curricular subjects are taught in COBIS schools 140 different extra-curricular activities and sports are offered in COBIS schools 50% of COBIS schools offer some form of financial support 92% of 2014 graduates from COBIS schools went on to University Of those school leavers who went on to University, 61% went on to University in the UK
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Welcome to all Exhibitors COBIS would like to thank all exhibitors, our ‘experts in the field’ who have supported the 34th COBIS Annual Conference. Your expertise, knowledge and commitment to supporting COBIS Schools worldwide is valued and appreciated. peerTransfer 31 Furlong Business Solutions 32 Cambridge Education Limited 33 Spark Spanish 34 TES Global 35 Schofield & Sims Ltd 36 Optimus Education 37 Compass Education Consultancy 38 World Challenge 39 WCBS International 40 Baker Books 41 SIMS International 42 S+B UK Ltd 43 BHM Architects 44 Access Group 45 ISUS Ltd 46 Protocol Education 47 Inspiring Futures 48 83 The School Planner Company 49 Follett International 50 82 Cambridge International Examinations 51 Double First Ltd 81 52 Anderson Education 53 Pick Everard 54 80 Zeco Ltd 55 Dawsons Music Ltd 56 TIC Recruitment Ltd 57 Crick Software 58 Education Support Professionals 59 Notts Sport Ltd 60
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Exhibitor Profiles 2Simple
Anderson Education
2Simple has been making powerful and creative educational software for primary schools for over 15 years during which time we have won over 40 industry awards. Our head office is in the UK but 2Simple tools are used in classrooms around the world. Our most popular programme is Purple Mash, an ever growing website filled with creative tools, games and curriculum resources to support and inspire children at school and at home. The most recent addition to Purple Mash is ‘2Code’ which lets teachers with no prior knowledge of coding deliver engaging and challenging lessons. Serial Mash is our new online library of books written to engage and motivate reluctant readers. We also make the multi-award winning app 2Build a Profile which provides an effortless way to gather observations and a powerful tool for supporting formative assessment. It enables comprehensive progress tracking for every child across each stage of their development. Use the 2Engage Parents add-on for a one-touch solution to parental engagement in the learning process.
We offer free, impartial advice and guidance to families considering a UK boarding school, summer or language programme. We have visited over 350 UK boarding schools and are able to recommend schools that meet the individual needs of each child. We help the family through the process of shortlisting, arranging visits and entrance tests. Anderson Education have over 25 years’ experience of working with overseas families and international students. We can help find the best school for gifted children, children with special needs: Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD, Autism and Asperger’s, as well as those who require English Language tuition. Our events and directories are extremely successful and popular with schools and families: • UK Boarding School Exhibition – Dubai – February each year • UK Boarding School Directory – Middle East • Middle East Tours to Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE • UK Boarding School Exhibition – Lagos, Nigeria – March and October each year • UK Boarding School Directory – West Africa Please check the website for up to date details: www. ukboardingschoolexhibition.com
Stand no. 29 Address: Enterprise House, 2 The Crest, NW4 2HN, UK Contact: Hiral Jadeja Email: hiral@2simple.com Web: www.2simple.com
Access Group
Stand no. 45 Address: Aston Court, Marlborough Park, Harpenden, AL5 1NL, UK Contact: Joel Trotman Email: joel.trotman@theaccessgroup.com Web: www.theaccessgroup.com Access is an established software solutions provider to the Education sector, helping universities, colleges, schools and learning institutes improve performance, increase cost efficiency and make the most of their resources. Access offers a range of software solutions for central debt management, flexible procurement, project costing & best-in-class integration with your student records, accommodation and EPOS systems. We’ll help you drive down costs, boost efficiency and spark employee engagement.
Stand no. 53 Address: Langton House, Meopham Green, Meopham, Kent, DA13 0PY, UK Contact: Sue Anderson Email: sue@andersoneducation.co.uk Web: www.andersoneducation.co.uk
ASIS & SI-UK Education Council Stand no. 74 Address: 211-213 Regent Street, London, W1B 4NF Contact: David Boddy, Orion Judge Email: d.boddy@angloschools.com / info@studyin-uk.com Web: www.angloschools.com www.studyin-uk.com
SI-UK Education Council (SI-UK) & Anglo Schools International Services (ASIS) have formed a new partnership to recruit international students and pupils into UK universities and British Boarding Schools. Last year SI-UK assisted with over 18,000 applications for UK universities from students in Japan, India, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Nigeria and Turkey, along with several hundred applications for places in British schools. COBIS Members will be offered a FREE UCAS Counselling Service to assist their international students in gaining entry into British universities. Our counsellors work alongside schools’ sixth form tutors and the school always maintains transparency of each application. Counselling can be in the student’s own language, if required. Our aim is to lighten the burden on your hard-pressed staff. There is NO CHARGE to either students or the schools.
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Anthony Millard Consulting
Stand no. 71 Address: 25 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1AL, UK Contact: Liz Gibbs Email: liz@anthonymillard.co.uk Web: www.anthonymillard.co.uk Anthony Millard Consulting is a leading independent search recruitment consultancy, specializing in senior leadership appointments in education, as well as providing strategic advice to schools, businesses and other organizations worldwide. Senior Appointments: AMC has successfully recruited Directors, Principals, Heads, Bursars, Governors as well as other leadership posts for schools in the UK and throughout the world, many of them COBIS members. We are highly experienced in helping schools at every stage of the recruitment process, drawing on our extensive database and networks. Bespoke Consultancy: We are expert in strategic planning, not knowing all the answers but in knowing which questions must be asked and in what order! We advise on governance, strategy reviews, market positioning, mergers and acquisitions, and the establishment of new schools. We can also advise on the review and updating of policies and procedures, provide leadership coaching and mentoring and advise on marketing and development. Our associates can also help prepare for inspection. AMC Families: We provide bespoke advice on school choice and university admissions; facilitate private tutoring; and guide arrangements for guardianship.
Baker Books – International School Book Club Stand no. 41 Address: 11 Manfield Park, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8NU, UK Contact: Philip Baker Email: pb@bakerbooks.co.uk Web: www.bakerbooks.co.uk
Baker Books are experts in selecting the best of British books for children. There are three issues during the school year each with over 400 books, displayed in colourful catalogues and online, suitable for ages 3 to 16. The book club enables parents to order books through the school which earns free books for the school. The company has over 35 years’ experience supplying schools throughout the world. The online ordering system ensures that the administration is kept to a minimum and the company works closely with member schools to ensure that orders are fulfilled accurately and promptly.
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BHM Architects
Stand no. 44 Address: 1 White Hart Lane, Barnes, London, SW13 0RA, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 8878 4667 Contact: Steve Leech Email: swl@bhmarchitects.com Web: www.bhmarchitects.com BHM Architects are one of the foremost educational specialists in the UK. This expertise is now being tested abroad with projects under discussion from the Arabian Gulf to China. We have worked for over 100 major schools and colleges at home and abroad. We design every type of building for education including Classrooms, Science Laboratories, Theatres, Music Schools, Boarding Houses, Dining Halls, Sports Halls and Swimming Pools. In particular, BHM have designed and procured 5 entirely new schools, including Dulwich College, Shanghai, China and the Thomas Telford School – consistently the highest achieving UK comprehensive school. Experts in school curriculum and brief writing we are always happy to assist in outline discussions on the early stages of any project.
Boardworks Ltd
Stand no. 9 Address: Units 5–7 The Gallery, 54 Marston Street, Oxford, OX4 1LF, UK Contact: Stuart Alway Email: stuart.alway@boardworks.co.uk Web: www.boardworks.co.uk Boardworks provides a range of exciting interactive teaching resources, incorporating both online and offline solutions for the 21st-century learning environment. All our resources are ideal for teaching the international curriculum – including the Cambridge Lower Secondary Programme, the Edexcel and Cambridge IGCSE specifications and the International Baccalaureate. We offer comprehensive resources for all the departments in your school, which are packed with activities, games and animations to motivate and inspire your students. Used in 85% of UK secondary schools and over 60 different countries, Boardworks has already made an impact in British international schools worldwide. Boardworks can create the ideal package for your classroom teaching, revision and homework requirements. Our resources are ready-prepared, meaning that they are an invaluable time-saving tool for teachers, while being flexible and editable, so that they can be adapted to suit the needs of individual students or classes.
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Bookmarcus Ltd
Cambridge Education Limited
An established British wholesaler and supplier of school books from all publishers and educational resources to international schools worldwide. Our website www.booksforeducation.com will give you immediate and up to date prices, discounts, availability and details of the book. We offer extremely competitive discounts off publisher’s book prices, free carriage for books within the European Community, fast delivery, packaging and invoicing as per the client’s requirements, up to date advice about orders and book availability. We also supply educational resources from all the main UK suppliers offering a free labelling service and some discounts to offset the carriage costs.
Cambridge Education supports schools worldwide, providing inspection, training and consultancy services which enable schools to sustain a world class education. As an authorised inspectorate, accredited by the DfE to inspect British Schools Overseas and quality assured by Ofsted, our ethos of partnership offers you, either independently or as part of a group: • consistent, high quality expertise, training and support, tailor-made to meet your specific needs • CPD programmes and resources aligned to UK standards • high quality inspection and accreditation • significant financial savings for COBIS members • in-depth knowledge of schools around the world including the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, South East Asia, South America and the USA.
Stand no. 61 Address: Unit 5, Leighcliff Building, Maple Avenue, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, SS9 1PR, UK Contact: Tony Herve Email: tony@booksforeducation.com Web: www.booksforeducation.com
Browns Books for Students
Stand no. 8 Address: 22-28 George Street, Hull, HU1 3AP, UK Contact: Alison Mercer-Cifola Email: enquiries@brownsbfs.co.uk Web: www.brownsbfs.co.uk Browns Books for Students, the leading schools and college book supplier both in the UK and internationally, provide access to over 8 million titles (800,000 stocked titles), 335,000 eBooks and over 100,000 DVDs. High discounts and competitive delivery are only part of a first class service. We tailor our service to your needs so that Business Managers, Teachers and Librarians source books, eBooks and audio visual products whilst saving time and money across the whole school. Browns Books for Students eBook platform VLeBooks offers students and teachers quick and easy access to texts they need and love anywhere, anytime. Integrated eBook ordering with our website makes managing your e-library very simple. Come and meet us at the 34th COBIS Annual Conference 2015, stand #8. For further news, promotions and offers please visit our website www. brownsbfs.co.uk.
Stand no. 33 Address: Demeter House, Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2RS, UK Contact: Siobhan Hall Email: siobhan.hall@camb-ed.com Web: www.camb-ed.co.uk
Cambridge International Examinations CONFERENCE SPONSOR Stand no. 51 Address: 1 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB1 2EU, UK Contact: Nick Mazur, Senior Schools Development Manager, Europe Email: info@cie.org.uk Web: www.cie.org.uk
Cambridge International Examinations prepares school students for life, helping them develop an informed curiosity and a lasting passion for learning. We are part of Cambridge Assessment, a department of the University of Cambridge. Our international qualifications are recognised by the world’s best universities and employers, giving students a wide range of options in their education and career. As a not-for-profit organisation, we devote our resources to delivering high-quality educational programmes that can unlock learners’ potential.
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Cambridge University Press
CES Holdings Ltd
We at Cambridge University Press International Education are driven by a simple imperative: to work alongside educators and learners to provide individuals with accessible, inspirational learning resources that lead them to a lifetime of achievement. We are proud to share the gold-standard tradition and contemporary relevance of the University of Cambridge. For us, academic rigour, innovative thinking and leading edge practices are crucial aspects of delivering the excellent, fully-rounded education that the 21st century learner demands. Cambridge University Press is a world-leading international education publisher, providing educational materials, resources and services to teachers and learners, from ages 3-19, in over 160 countries. We are a not-forprofit organisation and follow the core values of the University of Cambridge, ensuring all of our publishing reflects the Cambridge standards around encouraging and supporting critical thinking, thinking skills, problem-solving and creativity.
CES is the largest consolidator of educational resources for international schools. We currently work with schools in over 125 countries worldwide. Operating from modern facilities in Manchester (UK) and Baltimore (US) we supply books, equipment and furniture from all major educational suppliers and publishers based in the UK, US, Europe and Australia. Our unique system of export documentation and packaging with online tracking of orders via our website puts you in total control throughout the purchasing process.
Stand no. 30 Address: Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, CB2 8RU, UK Contact: Leonore Sears Email: lsears@cambridge.org Web: education.cambridge.org
Capita Education Resourcing International School Services Stand no. 25 Address: Dean Bradley House, 52 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2AF, UK Contact: Simon Dweck Email: simon.dweck@capita.co.uk Web: www.capitaeducation.co.uk/international
Capita Education Resourcing International School Services specialises in recruiting exceptional teachers and school leaders for international schools, government programmes and educational organisations across Europe, the Middle East, China and Southeast Asia. We offer a personalised service to our clients, combining our global reach and local understanding to consistently deliver to them the best teaching talent.
CEM (Durham University)
Stand no. 73 Address: Rowan House, Mountjoy Centre, Durham University, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3UX, UK Contact: Lisa Miller Email: Lisa.Miller@cem.dur.ac.uk Web: www.cem.org The Centre for Evaluation & Monitoring (CEM) provides computeradaptive standardised assessment and monitoring systems for use with learners aged between 3 and 19. CEM is an education research and assessment department at Durham University, England. The fundamental aim of our work is to help improve teaching and learning by giving educators information that informs or validates their judgment about the abilities and progress of their learners. Our assessments are used in over 70 countries around the world to baseline ability and provide indicators of learner potential and progress.
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Stand no. 13 Address: Shepley Estate (South), Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5EX, UK Contact: Mark Robson Email: info@cesholdings.com Web: www.cesholdings.co.uk
CfBT Education Trust
Stand no. 79 Contact: Philippa Leggate Email: pleggate@cfbt.com Web: www.cfbt.com/support/ internationalschools.asp CfBT Education Trust is one of the world’s leading not-for-profit education companies providing a range of educational services both in the UK and internationally. The Trust’s funds are used for educational purposes with any trading surplus reinvested to fund a programme of public educational research specifically for practicebased educational research. Established over 40 years ago CfBT Education Trust has an annual turnover estimated at about US 200million and over 2500 staff worldwide, working around the world managing large government contracts and providing education services to both individual schools and a range of government and international organisations. This depth of educational understanding makes CfBT a uniquely well-qualified organisation, able to provide educational expertise and support for international schools. CfBT’s over-arching commitment is to education which enables individuals, institutions and communities to achieve their maximum potential, and it recognises that, in teaching and learning, clients and beneficiaries are often not the same people.
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CHQ Group Ltd
Compass Education Consultancy
CHQ Group is the pioneer of VAE software for schools worldwide. The CHQ VAE (Virtual Activity Environment) facilitates, manages, monitors and reports upon students’ school lives outside of lessons in areas such as sport, drama, music, activities, trips & events. Our web-based solution is hosted for you in secure data centres and boasts a broad range of functionality: • On-line sign-up to activities, trips and sporting events by students, parents and/or staff • Assists with place allocation and conflict resolution • Request and record parental consent for event participation • Take registration on a tablet/phone • Reporting across your entire enrichment programmes • Receive on-line payments for activities & events • Send e-mails / SMS messages • Organise transport and see who is where in real time CHQ’s VAE provides a holistic view of school life, integrating with and bridging the gap between your MIS and your VLE.
Compass specialises in the recruitment of primary and secondary subject specialists, middle managers and also senior leadership appointments for British and IB international schools worldwide. We are a team of former teachers with international experience and we offer a consultative approach to our clients. We are based in the UK, Switzerland and Malaysia and from here we can manage and visit international schools. Our service attracts suitably qualified teachers (QTS) with experience of the British and IB curricula. We currently provide recruitment for a number of COBIS and HMC schools and we invite you to try our service.
Stand no. 68 Address: 2b Penn Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 2NZ, UK Contact: Paul Elsom Email: paul@chqgroup.co.uk Web: www.chqgroup.co.uk
Collins
Stand no. 83 Address: The News Building, 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF, UK Contact: Rob Thompson Email: rob.thompson@harpercollins.co.uk Web: www.collins.co.uk Collins is a market-leading educational publisher producing resources in a wide range of subjects for schools worldwide. As part of Collins Learning we offer schools not only textbooks, but also revision, home learning, teachers support, English language teaching and reference materials. We are a market leading publisher in Education, in Atlases, and in Dictionaries, both English and bi-lingual. Bringing together a publishing heritage that began in 1819, and forward thinking ideas to help schools deliver excellent learning today. We publish for a wide range of curriculum, both UK and International, and for a wide range of exams, including a full range of English language exams.
Stand no. 38 Address: UK, Switzerland & Malaysia Contact: Thomas Arnold Tel: +41 (0)78 955 34 77 Email: tom@compassteaching.com Web: www.compassteaching.com
Council of International Schools (CIS) Stand no. 77 Address: Schipholweg 113, 2316XC Leiden, The Netherlands Contact: Jane Larsson, Executive Director Email: janelarsson@cois.org Web: www.cois.org
The Council of International Schools (CIS) is a global membership community working collaboratively to shape international education through professional services to schools, higher education institutions, and individuals. Our members share these ideals: • a desire to provide students with the knowledge, skills and abilities to pursue their lives as global citizens; and • a commitment to high quality international education. To achieve this goal, our members must infuse their programmes and offerings with international and intercultural perspective so that students can move forward with the attitudes and understanding that will provide them with a solid base wherever their studies or work may take them. Primary and secondary school members must further commit to undertaking an ongoing external quality assurance process to enhance student learning. The CIS community includes more than 660 schools and 475 colleges and universities representing 109 countries.
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Crick Software
Double First Ltd
Crick Software produces award-winning reading and writing software for children of all ages and abilities. The company’s best-known product is Clicker, currently used in thousands of UK primary schools. Clicker 6, the latest version of this much-loved software, enables teachers to create engaging, subject-specific literacy activities more quickly and easily than ever before. WriteOnline is Crick’s innovative word processor for struggling writers in secondary school and Further Education. WriteOnline provides built-in support tools including speech feedback, word prediction, vocabulary banks, writing frames and a mind-map creator. Crick has also launched an exciting range of literacy apps for the iPad!
Since 1987 Double First has been at the forefront of developing and supporting software dedicated to the needs of independent and international schools. Double First’s flagship management information system, Engage, is continually improved to match the changing requirements of schools. In addition to fully featured modules covering all key academic, administrative and financial requirements, it offers fastaccess online portals for Teachers, Parents and Pupils. If you are looking to implement a management information system or wish to benchmark your current arrangements please contact us for a no obligation consultation.
Stand no. 58 Address: Crick House, Boarden Close, Moulton Park, Northampton, NN3 6LF, UK Contact: Jonathan Reed Email: info@cricksoft.com Web: www.cricksoft.com
Dawsons Music Ltd
Stand no. 56 Address: 65 Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1SU, UK Contact: William Thompson Email: william.thompson@dawsons.co.uk Web: www.dawsons.co.uk/education For over 100 years, Dawsons Music has been the UK’s leading specialist music instrument supplier to schools and colleges. We have unrivalled experience in the development of music ICT facilities in schools around the world. Whether based around PCs, Apple computers or tablets, we can help you find the best solution to provide a relevant music curriculum through the use of ICT. We can help with the design and installation of facilities including Recording Studios, Radio Stations and Multi Media Performance Areas, ensuring your school gets what you need, on time and in budget. As one of the largest music retailers in the UK, we can offer excellent discounted prices on all music brands to international schools.
Discover the World Education
Stand no. 21 Address: Arctic House, 8 Bolters Lane, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 2AR, UK Contact: Helen Marks Email: travel@discover-education.co.uk Web: www.discover-education.co.uk We have specialised in geography, science and adventure tours since 1983. We’re firmly established as one of the UK’s leading educational tour operators and the world’s leading operator to Iceland. A range of experiences and learning opportunities across 6 continents allow you to inspire and engage your students across the globe. Over half of the UK’s leading schools and universities have travelled with us and 100% of groups who travelled with us in 2014 rated us good or excellent overall. As School Travel Forum members we offer a comprehensive safety management system, plus full financial protection and a no-surcharge guarantee.
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Stand no. 52 Address: Double First House, 10a Oxford Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 5HR, UK Contact: Richard Jones Email: sales@doublefirst.com Web: www.doublefirst.com
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Education Support Professionals Stand no. 59 Address: Ground Floor, Connaught House, Broomhill Road, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0PY, UK Contact: Carly Wootton Email: cwootton@esp-recruit.co.uk Web: www.esp-recruit.co.uk
Education Support Professionals is a specialist supplier of permanent staff and consultancy services to education globally. UK based, we identify the best talent for teaching and non-teaching positions in schools, and support a variety of other related organisations meeting the demands of an ever changing education landscape. To deliver the best possible match for our clients we use modern search techniques and networking to provide a bespoke service. We closely manage the whole process including face to face interviews to select the most appropriate candidates. We have 30 years combined experience and work with schools in Europe, Middle East and Asia. Education Support Professionals offers support to international schools in the following areas: Qualified Teachers, Subject Leaders, Headteacher/Principals, Deputy Head/Vice Principal, TEFL/ESOL Teachers, Bursars, Data Managers and ICT Network Managers.
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Educators Abroad
Eteach International
Providing personalised professional development for pre and in-service educators worldwide based on nationally validated expectations of effective educators. Our global network of professional educators, with wide experience in teaching and teacher education, promotes teaching as a global profession through an international/cross-cultural approach to professional development. In-service Educators: • UK Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) for employed teachers through the assessment only route • Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) support • International certificate for classroom teaching assistants • Internships and school visits in other countries/cultural settings Pre-service Candidate Placements in 65+ Countries: • Practicum – 2 or 3 week intro/comparative study of education • Student Teaching – 10 to 18 weeks • Foreign Language Teaching Assistant – 4 or 10 weeks School Support: • Provision of COBIS quality assured consultants • Purpose designed programmes tailored to needs of schools
Based in Dubai, UAE, Eteach International is the leading online education recruitment service. Combining extensive experience in education with exceptional technological expertise, it’s where teachers, school leaders and support staff look for the latest jobs and where recruiters attract the best employees. Eteach works with over 6,000 schools, academies and colleges in the UK and overseas. Advertising 45,000 education vacancies last year to 1 million registered candidates, who make 5,000,000 job searches and 1 million site visits each month. Eteach was founded by Paul Howells in 2000, a former teacher and leading campaigner for online recruitment. Since then its unique combination of cutting-edge online technology and indepth knowledge of the education sector has been providing an immediate, low cost alternative to traditional newspaper advertising.
Stand no. 76 Address: 15 Palmer Close, Redhill, RH1 6GD, UK Contact: Craig Kissock Email: contact@educatorsabroad.org Web: www.educatorsabroad.org
Edvectus
Stand no. 14 Address: Parsons Green House, Suite 36, 27 Parsons Green Lane, London, SW6 4HH, UK Contact: Diane Jacoutot Email: dj@edvectus.com Web: www.edvectus.com Edvectus provides bespoke recruitment solutions to international schools. Our unique Learning Portal offers our candidates over 500 online resources including lesson plans, cultural guides, cost of living information, regional videos and more so that Edvectus teachers arrive prepared to quickly flourish at your school. Edvectus is a new company staffed by a team of dedicated consultants who are mostly ex-international teachers who possess more than 50 years of combined experience recruiting teachers to work internationally. Our experience allows us to provide proactive expert guidance to our clients. Edvectus has offices around the world including Dubai, New Zealand, UK and North America so that we are at once close to our clients and our candidates giving us a worldwide reach with a local touch. Our systems are developed to recruit simultaneously around the world and for child protection, internationally.
Stand no. 6 Address: Dubai Internet City, Block 10, Office 101, PO Box 500085, Dubai, UAE Contact: Jonathan Price Email: info@eteachinternational.com Web: www.eteachinternational.com
Eye for Business
Plenary Room Stand Address: Spic Studios, 112-114 Magdalen Street, Norwich, NR3 1JD, UK Contact: Charlie Gauvain Email: Charlie@eyeforbusiness.co.uk Web: www.eyeforbusiness.co.uk
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Eye for Business was created by multi-award winning UK Production Company Eye Film and Television. They use their 40 years’ experience of producing TV content and films, to produce broadcast quality video content for businesses and schools. For the past 5 years they have been developing Training Courses specifically aimed at helping schools/colleges to develop an in-house ability to produce their own video content. Developing 1 day, 2 day and bespoke training courses to provide school teachers and students with the tools to produce professional video productions for use online. In addition they provide a consultancy service to help schools develop a video strategy, including the setting up and management of YouTube and Vimeo sites and advice on the right equipment to be purchased for production and post-production.
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Fieldwork Education
Firefly
Fieldwork Education has been improving learning in schools for more than 25 years through its highly successful International Primary Curriculum (IPC) and International Middle Years Curriculum (IMYC). The IPC is the leading primary curriculum in the world for developing international mindedness. It focuses on developing knowledge, skills and understanding of subjects set within crosscurricular, thematic units of work that are creative and challenging. The IPC provides teachers with a structured yet flexible teaching framework, helping them lead children through an engaging learning process with clear outcomes for academic, personal and international learning. The IMYC provides an enriching, engaging, rigorous learning experience for 11-14 year olds that responds to the critical needs of the maturing adolescent brain. It is practical for schools to deliver, and inspiring and relevant for students, preparing them well for the next stage in their learning. It delivers rigorous and transformational knowledge, skills and understanding of all subjects, linking all learning to a conceptual theme. Fieldwork Education’s products are now used in more than 2,000 schools in 98 countries around the world.
Originally conceived by two pupils at St Paul’s School in London, Firefly’s learning platform, intranet and VLE is now trusted by hundreds of the leading schools in the UK and around the world, including St Paul’s School, The British International School, Cairo, Marlborough College, Malaysia and Eton College. Firefly makes it simple for teachers, students and parents to connect, share and learn. It’s easy to use, works across all platforms including mobiles and tablets and is seamlessly integrated with your MIS and other school systems. Please get in touch to arrange a free trial of Firefly and our Student Planner and Teacher Planner mobile and tablet apps.
Stand no. 64 Address: 18 King William Street, London, EC4N 7BP, UK Contact: Sandra Jones Email: sandra@greatlearning.com Web: www.greatlearning.com
Finalsite
Stand no. 2 Address: 655 Winding Brook Dr., Glastonbury, CT 06033, USA Contact: Max Eisl Email: max.eisl@finalsite.com Web: www.finalsite.com With our creative designs, drag-and-drop CMS, Mobile, Social, LMS, Modules, and Portals, Finalsite provides the tools your school needs for success. We have team members located across the world specialising in international school requirements who are ready to help you with your global communication needs. With schools and educational organizations across more than 60 countries, Finalsite’s online learning and communications platform is accessed by as many as 1 million unique users per day around the world. Finalsite Support is here for you. We provide quality, 24 hour emergency support that’s never outsourced. Our Support Team boasts an average of 3.9 out of 4 stars in ticket ratings over the past 12 months.
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Stand no. 62 Address: 1 Lyric Square, London, W6 0ND, UK Contact: Moray Souter Email: hi@fireflylearning.com Website: www.fireflylearning.com
Follett International
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Stand no. 50 Address: 1340 Ridgeview Drive McHenry, IL 60050, USA Contact: Anna Garcia-Cosio Email: acosio@follett.com Web: www.follettlearning.com
Follett is the largest provider of educational materials and technology solutions to PreK-12 libraries, classrooms, learning centres and school districts in the United States, and a major supplier to educational institutions worldwide. Follett distributes books, reference materials, digital resources, eBooks and audiovisual materials, as well as pre-owned textbooks. Follett also is one of the leading providers of integrated educational technology for the management of physical and digital assets, the tracking, storing and analyzing of academic data, and digital learning environment tools for the classroom focusing on student achievement.
Furlong Business Solutions
Stand no. 32 Address: Eagle House, Joule Road, West Portway, Andover, SP10 3UX, UK Contact: Graham Hall Email: enquiries@furlongsolutions.com Web: www.furlongsolutions.com Furlong’s ethos is to provide quality support and service. This means that your school gets a database tailored to the way you wish to work with your naming conventions and structure. Field names can be changed to the language you use making it so much more familiar and friendly. Access can be through any browser using any tablet, smart phone or pc/mac. Unusually we give you ALL modules for ALL staff. You decide what you make available for staff, parents and students. Nothing extra to pay for upgrades and extra facilities as everything is included. Furlong, formed in 2003, supports schools over 4 continents using native language if preferred. Choose from the SchoolBase pupil database, FeeMaster billing, Chorale music management and a Fund raising/donor management package. N.B. Munich International asked us for a Sports Management package; it was added free of charge and is now available for all to use. NO purchase price and just an annual fee. Tell us your needs. Get a fully tailored solution.
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Gabbitas Education Stand no. 17 Address: Gabbitas Educational Consultants Ltd, Norfolk House, 30 Charles II Street, London, SW1Y 4AE, UK Contact: Miss Serab Amro – Head of Consultancy and Recruitment Email: serab.amro@gabbitas.co.uk Web: gabbitas.com Established in 1873, Gabbitas has generations of experience within the independent education sector. We pride ourselves in combining a respected tradition of excellence as one of the leading providers of advice, guidance and consultancy with offering personal, tailormade services, delivered by expert, professional staff. Gabbitas has been offering services within independent education for over 135 years. We are well known in teacher recruitment and are prominent in the international market. Our recommended approach in recruitment can range from advertised selection and search to suggesting a hybrid approach which harnesses a combination of methodologies. Gabbitas offers advice and consultancy to parents, schools and teachers on all aspects of independent education. Our recruitment team offers unrivalled recruitment expertise within the UK and International independent school sectors, illustrating a demonstrable track record of recruiting Heads, Deputy Heads, Department Heads, Business Managers, Bursars, Senior Teachers, Teachers and Support Staff.
GL Education
Stand no. 15 Address: 389 Chiswick High Rd, London, W4 4AJ, UK Contact: Andrew Sleath Tel: +44 (0)7967 821422 Email: international@gl-education.com Web: www.gl-education.com For over 30 years, GL Education has been a provider of high-quality, research-based assessments for children’s education, mental health and wellbeing. We aim to provide schools with the tools to deliver personalised learning that improve attainment and ensure that every student reaches their potential; a 360 degree approach to assessment that delivers a whole pupil view. All of our work has a strong base of academic research supporting it. Our assessments are designed in collaboration with leading institutions including the University of Cambridge, University College London, Kings College London and the University of Nottingham. Having delivered over 7 million digital tests, we are the UK’s leading provider of formative assessments and our tests are used in schools in over 100 countries worldwide to address the challenges of admissions, benchmarking, measuring progress and working with significant numbers of EAL students. Our latest assessments include Baseline, a measure for children entering primary school as well as our newly standardised Progress Test Series designed to reflect the new curriculum for maths and English.
Harris Hill
Stand no. 69 Address: 3rd Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP, UK Contact: Amanda Gillam Email: amanda.gillam@harrishill.co.uk Web: www.harrishill.co.uk Harris Hill’s independent schools recruitment team have extensive experience working with British International schools. We aim to work as an extension of your school, maintaining the highest quality of service at all stages of the recruitment process. We understand our clients’ needs are individual, we take the time to identify your requirements and adapt our services accordingly. Our approach is both tailored and exceptionally thorough; we dedicate ourselves to finding and securing the best candidate for you to ensure a lasting and successful appointment. We believe our excellent track record in terms of the calibre of candidates and the contributions they make to their schools can be attributed to our proactive partnership with our clients. Harris Hill undertake a rigorous selection process which ensures not only safeguarding students’ welfare but also the compatibility for teaching in British International schools.
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Stand no. 75 Address: The Gatehouse, Maritime Court, Cartside Avenue, Inchinnan Business Park, Inchinnan, Renfrewhire, PA4 9RX, UK Contact: Derek Young Email: sales@thehomeworkdiary.co.uk Web: www.thehomeworkdiary.co.uk hdc are delighted to be attending our first COBIS Conference. Come along and see our new and unique App, AkademiaPro the first fully functional collaborative Student and Staff Planner designed for iPad. We will also be showing our full range of traditional Student Planners which includes our ‘Design Your Own’ Planner service that allows you to fully customise to your School’s exact requirements. We will also be exhibiting our Yearbooks and Prospectuses. We look forward to meeting you and showing how we can help your School!
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Howarth of London Ltd
Interactive Schools
Howarth of London are internationally known as makers of fine oboes, oboes d’amore and English horns. They are also known as one of the world’s leading suppliers of oboes, bassoons, clarinets and saxophones for students of all ages, and top professional instrumentalists. In the last 15 years the company have designed a specialised range of Howarth Junior instruments for the particular capabilities of primary age beginners. This approach helps children make the best start when learning to play, and fosters an accelerated rate of learning. The instruments aim to make playing easier by reducing weight and complexity whilst retaining standard fingering and technique. The simplified mechanisms also reduce the cost of the instruments. Howarth of London also offers a specialist procurement service for musical resources to education departments internationally. They work closely with suppliers and manufacturers to source instruments and accessories from every instrumental family, including electronic and printed materials. Quality of resources is of paramount importance to educational outcomes and orders are carefully assessed to ensure customers’ requirements are met effectively.
Interactive Schools “More than just a school website company”. Interactive Schools do not follow benchmarks. Success can only be delivered through creating new benchmarks and #inspiringschools. We believe that every school is unique, and our #Connected #ContentStrategies can help tell your story. Interactive Schools continue to be a beacon in the implementation of effective marketing strategies, and has been credited with increasing engagement & brand reach of some of the world’s leading British Independent Schools, including: British School in the Netherlands, Alice Smith (Malaysia), NLCS Jeju, Kellett (Hong Kong), English School Kuwait, and many more. We aim to differentiate, by creating bespoke creative experiences. So….what can we do for your school? Responsive School Websites; Parent Mobile Apps; Augmented Reality Brochures; Social Media Training; Digital Signage Apps; Digital Marketing Strategy. CONNECT www.interactive-schools.co.uk blog.interactive schools.co.uk follow us @intSchools
Stand no. 24 Address: 31 Chiltern Street, London, W1U 7PN, UK Contact: William Ring Email: education@howarth.uk.com Web: www.howarth.uk.com
Inspiring Futures
Stand no. 48 Address: St George’s House, Knoll Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3SY, UK Contact: Julia Watson Email: Julia.watson@inspiringfutures.org.uk Web: www.inspiringfutures.org.uk The Inspiring Futures Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation that specialises in the provision of careers and educational guidance and skills development training. Its ambition is to help more young people make properly informed career and higher education decisions and develop key employability skills. In an increasingly globalised world with increased economic and social pressures, Inspiring Futures recognises that young people entering tomorrow’s graduate workforce will have even greater demands placed on them, and that careers guidance and skills development will have a crucial role to play in helping to meet these demands head on. Inspiring Futures engages with students, their parents, schools, and businesses to deliver a portfolio of personal, practical and progressive services, all aimed at unlocking the potential of today’s young people. Their careers guidance and planning service is called Futurewise and events for careers insight and workplace skills are also offered. More information can be found at: www. inspiringfutures.org.uk
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Stand no. 81/82 Address: Studio 5, 86 Easton Street, Via St Johns Court, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP11 1LT, UK Contact: Simon Noakes Email: simon@interactive-schools.co.uk Web: www.interactive-schools.co.uk
iSAMS Independent Ltd
Stand no. 19 Address: 9 Talavera Court, Darnell Way, Moulton Park, Northampton, NN3 6RW, UK Contact: Jamie Reid Email: jamie.reid@isams.co.uk Web: www.isams.co.uk
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iSAMS offers a world-class Management Information System (MIS) that transforms the way schools access, manage and communicate information. Entirely browser-based and designed exclusively for independent schools, the single database and suite of integrated portals are accessible globally via any platform and any device perfect for connecting the whole school community. Founded in 2007, our experienced and dedicated software team is constantly developing and enhancing the MIS. This allows our schools to streamline and enhance their information management while they focus on delivering excellence for their pupils. We are fortunate to work with some of the most highly acclaimed schools in the world. We are also proud that iSAMS is now being used by schools in over 35 different countries.
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ISUS Ltd
Karen Ardley Associates
ISUS Ltd was founded to supply the needs of International Schools abroad, and our garments are worn with pride across the world. Our strategy is very simple, we provide good quality schoolwear and sportswear at affordable prices in a variety of supply options, designed to ensure we meet the needs of your parents and your school, supported by our total commitment to service and quality. Whether you’re looking for a total uniform re-design or simply an improved supply we’re sure that we have the resources and expertise to help. We can create a complete distinctive and exclusive uniform including sportswear which reflects the spirit of your school. The ISUS team can assist with every aspect of a new uniform, from colours and styles to fabrics and embroidery, ensuring all garments complement each other. From first consultation to concept and on to manufacture, we can make everything simple and straightforward.
KAA is a dynamic, creative, leadership and training consultancy that has successfully worked with a wide range of COBIS member schools. We design and deliver professional development programmes for leaders and people involved with providing or supporting learning, worldwide. Our inspirational programmes and consultancy have proven success and organisational impact.
Stand no. 46 Address: Units 6/7 The Brunel Centre, Cory Way, West Wilts Trading Estate, Westbury, BA13 4QT, UK Tel: +44 (0)845 5276854 Contact: Claire Barradell Email: info@isus-ltd.co.uk Web: www.isus-ltd.co.uk
John Catt Educational Ltd
Stand no. 28 Address: 12 Deben Mill Business Centre, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1BL, UK Contact: Jonathan Barnes Tel: +44 1394 389 859 Email: jonathanbarnes@johncatt.com Web: www.johncatt.com
Stand no. 7 Address: The Old Dyehouse, 27 St Georges Road, Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, HD9 1UQ, UK Contact: Karen Ardley Email: karen@karenardley.com Web: www.karenardley.com
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John Catt Educational have been publishing for the independent schools market in the UK since 1959, and over recent years have also become a leading international educational publisher. Publishers of the highly regarded Which School? guides, the International Baccalaureate World Schools Yearbook and the Guide to International Schools, their www.SchoolSearch.co.uk and www. InternationalSchoolSearch.com websites are also unequalled in their content and accuracy. John Catt publish International School magazine and the International Schools Journal, as well as a range of professional development titles for teachers and school leaders. The catalogue features titles published in partnership with COBIS, including Teaching Assistants in International Schools and Playful Pedagogies, and World Student magazine, which was launched in 2014. If your students would be interested in writing for this magazine, please do come along and see us.
Learning Data
Stand no. 80 Address: The Guinness Enterprise Centre, Taylor’s Lane, Dublin 8, Ireland Contact: Philip O’Callaghan Email: Philip@learningdata.ie Web: www.learningdata.ie Learning Data offers British International Schools: Classis – a school information management system, which has been tailor-made to meet the needs of British International Schools. Schoolbag – a homework and learning resource management platform for students which allows them record their homework, store their notes, complete and submit their homework to their teachers for correction. With schools across fourteen countries we are confident we can connect the most appropriate web based technologies with the heart of your school.
LSC Education
Stand no. 72 Address: 3rd Floor, 207 Regent Street, London, UK, W1B 3HH, UK Contact: Edward Clark Email: edward@lsceducation.com Web: www.lsceducation.com LSC Education supports schools and education organisations worldwide, to recruit exceptional leaders. Our consultants bring valuable expertise to the recruitment process, and can demonstrate an impressive track record, underpinned by our passion for education. We have appointed leaders to a wide range of education posts, for a broad spectrum of schools and education organisations globally. We are highly networked and make it our business to know who is interested in new opportunities and where new opportunities are arising. In addition to supporting our clients with their recruitment process, we are similarly dedicated to supporting our candidates throughout their careers.
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Mallory International Ltd
Stand no. 26 Address: Aylesbeare Common Business Park, Exmouth Road, Aylesbeare, Devon, EX5 2DG, UK Contact: Rachel Jiménez Dickson Email: rachel@malloryint.co.uk Web: www.malloryint.net Mallory International specialises in the consolidation, handling and exporting of educational material to institutions worldwide. Our services enable schools to order all their UK, US and EU imports from one place and eliminates the hassles of multiple supplier accounts and shipments. We have no minimum order values. We have a dedicated team dealing with expertise in all levels of international education, international trade documentation, consolidation shipping and clearing. All customers deal with a single contact person, from the start of the enquiry through to delivery and for any subsequent orders. We provide custom bibliographies, selection support and consolidation of supplier catalogues free of charge and have the ability to handle physical book processing and standard electronic formats as well as journal consolidation. Our website, accessible via a login, offers many value added services.
Notts Sport Ltd
Stand no. 60 Address: Innovation House, Magna Park, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 4XH, UK Contact: Zec Tomlinson Email: info@nottssport.com Web: www.nottssport.com Notts Sport has developed an enviable reputation for high quality pitches for individual sports and multi-use-games-areas. With 30 years’ experience in designing, advising and supplying artificial surfacing, our knowledge of synthetic sports facilities mean we are ideally placed to offer you solutions for your sporting needs. Official Facilities Partner for England Hockey and Official Partner of ICC Europe, we have the Code of Practice Accreditation from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Our Multi-Sports team is focused on developing new build, refurbishment or conversion projects. Services provide advice, management and action during the development, procurement and delivery stages to ensure your project is completed successfully. The cricket department offers free condition checks for any existing artificial turf cricket facilities and its first-rate ECB approved systems can be designed as pitch refurbishments or new installations, and we have been employed to supply Lords Cricket Ground! Our unique ChildsPlay surfacing system offers a versatile solution for play and recreation. We are the exclusive supplier of safer surfacing for play and recreation to Glasgow City Council.
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Optimus Education
Stand no. 37 Address: 2nd Floor, 5 Thomas More Square, London, E1W 1YW, UK Contact: Rebecca White Email: rebecca.white@optimus-education.com Web: www.optimus-education.com Optimus Education is all about professional development for school leaders. Since 1997 we have been helping school leaders to manage staff development and drive whole school improvement. Knowledge Centre: Trusted policy, practice and compliance tools that provide your team with the building blocks to create a safe and vibrant place to learn. Access and share vital information in school, at home or on the move. In-House Training: Our library of ready-made, editable training courses and presentations allow you to deliver outstanding training in house. Conferences: Bringing together thought leaders, suppliers and practitioners for a day of networking and learning with practical outcomes — driven by you and your peers.
peerTransfer
Stand no. 31 Address: Level 39, 1 Canada Square, London, E14 5AB, UK Contact: Thomas Marsh Email: learnmore@peertransfer.com Web: www.peertransfer.com peerTransfer is an innovative global payment solution for the education industry. The company helps thousands of international students and hundreds of universities from all over the world save time and money when making or receiving international payments. Compared to using traditional banks, students save with lower fees, enjoy a more convenient online experience, and receive friendly customer service when dealing with the complexities of international payments. Universities benefit from peerTransfer’s solution because they remain compliant with ever-changing international regulations and save time and money by improving the processing and posting of international payments.
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Penta International
Stand no. 5 Address: Upperton House, The Avenue, Eastbourne, BN21 3YB, UK Contact: Mark Evans Email: info@penta.co.uk Web: www.pentainternational.co.uk Penta International is one of the UK’s premier independent providers of management consultancy, educational monitoring, training, coaching and inspection services. Based in England, but with offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Hong Kong and Buenos Aires, it supports schools, colleges, businesses and charities around the world. It has, for example, worked in the GCC region for more than 10 years. Recent projects have taken Penta staff to South America, Australia, Europe and the Far East. The company has a reputation for the highest quality work, combined with a personal approach. See our website for further information about Penta International.
Pick Everard
Stand no. 54 Address: 322 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7PD, UK Contact: Paul Rothera Email: paulrothera@pickeverard.co.uk Web: www.pickeverard.co.uk From that initial light bulb moment to occupation of your new international school building, we can help you develop and deliver a building that offers functional and inspirational space. Planning your new international school or extending existing facilities is an exciting but daunting task. Pick Everard can support you to define your site and space requirements, with our education experience we can help you to develop learning environments that really make a difference to pupils and teachers. The early stages of any project are key to ensuring your vision is enabled whilst remaining feasible, affordable and buildable! Even before you have formalised a project brief, Pick Everard have the expertise to assist you to develop your ideas, alongside keeping an eye on cost and programme. Pick Everard offer a unique team of multi-professionals, experienced in school design and project development, meaning we can assemble a team that is just right for your project. Come and chat to us on Stand 54 and fly your flag to enter our competition!
Planet eStream
Stand no. 20 Address: The Old School, 690 Bradford Road, Birkenshaw, West Yorkshire, BD11 2DR, UK Contact: Wendy Robinson Email: sales@planetestream.co.uk Web: www.planetestream.co.uk Planet eStream at a Glance… Planet eStream is an innovative media content management and delivery system enabling organisations to create and manage their own secure ‘YouTube’ style media archive and distribute that content on demand, via VLEs, websites, PCs, mobile devices, smart TVs and digital signage displays. Typically, media is uploaded via live capture i.e. cameras, web upload of file based media, digitization of existing physical media and mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets. Planet eStream also offers live video streaming, lecture capture and lesson observation and a fully featured digital signage interface. Key features: • Creation of a secure ‘YouTube’ style video on demand archive • Lecture capture and lesson observation • Live video streaming • Digital signage • Mobile video delivery and upload via iOS and Android devices • Embedding of digital media assets to VLEs and Library Management Systems • Specific Plug ins for Moodle, Firefly, Blackboard and Frog VLEs • Specific Plug ins for Eclipse, Softlink, Sirsi Dynix and Heritage • Specific Plugin for iSAMS
Prospects Improve
Stand no. 78 Address: Grosvenor House, 97 Broad Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 1AU, UK Contact: Sean O’Toole Email: prospects.improve@prospects.co.uk Web: www.prospectsimprove.co.uk Prospects Improve, part of the Prospects Group, provides bespoke support for schools. Our self-evaluation tools are used by more than one thousand schools, providing succinct, focused evidence of the schools’ activities. Prospectus, a vibrant, effective curriculum, is already used by hundreds of schools. It includes themes linking English and mathematics to promote pupils’ skills, knowledge and understanding across the breadth and depth of the curriculum. Prospectus contributes to pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. The innovative inclusion of homework topics has been received exceptionally well by schools and parents. One of the challenges facing schools has been the introduction of assessment without levels. The Prospects Improve approach to assessment without levels has been designed and developed with outstanding schools. The package empowers leaders in reporting outcomes to pupils and their parents. It guides teachers on the next steps in developing pupils’ learning. Whatever your need, Prospects Improve has the skills, knowledge and understanding to empower you on your drive for the highest quality.
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Protocol Education
Schofield & Sims Ltd
As one of the largest teaching agencies for schools and academies in the UK, Protocol Education is uniquely positioned to support international schools in their recruitment of English-medium teachers. We have well-established recruitment operations in five Englishspeaking countries and an active database of UK teachers looking to develop their careers internationally. This gives our international clients access to a pool of committed, motivated, high quality teachers. Our team understands what it takes to be successful in an international school and we have the knowledge and experience to deliver effective recruitment campaigns and match outstanding candidates to your individual needs.
Schofield & Sims has been a leading publisher of schoolbooks for over a century. Focusing particularly on maths, English and science at the early years and primary levels, Schofield & Sims resources are used by successful schools throughout the UK and internationally. Our books are written by experienced classroom teachers and are carefully designed to meet the individual learning needs of every child. They provide children with a solid grounding in reading, writing and arithmetic, whilst also equipping them with the broader knowledge and skills needed both for education and for life. As well as producing a wide range of practice, assessment and revision materials, we also publish a number of whole-school programmes, complete with teacher’s guides and resource books. All are clearly structured and encourage steady progression through sustained repetition and continuous assessment.
Stand no. 47 Address: 2nd Floor, 247 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7QW, UK Contact: Hermione Thomas Email: hthomas@protocol-education.com Web: www.protocol-education.com
Rising Stars
Stand no. 10 Address: 7 Hatchers Mews, Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3GS, UK Contact: Peter Oates Email: peteroates@risingstars-uk.com Web: www.risingstars-uk.com
Stand no. 36 Address: Dogley Mill, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, HD8 0NQ, UK Contact: David Nesbitt Email: sales@schofieldandsims.co.uk Web: www.schofieldandsims.co.uk
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Rising Stars is an educational publishers that has been developing an award-winning range of books, teaching resources and software for over 10 years. We recently won a BETT award for Best Primary Digital Content for Switched on Computing and were named Supplier of the Year in 2013. All of our products are created and developed alongside teachers and learners, meaning that every resource we produce is guaranteed to make a difference to children’s learning. Visit Rising Stars to find out more about our new curriculum resources including new Assessment, Switched on Science and the award-winning scheme for primary computing, Switched on Computing.
S+B UK Ltd
Stand no. 43 Address: Labtec Street, Swinton, Manchester, M27 8SE, UK Contact: Mike Serridge Email: sales@splusb.co.uk Web: www.splusb.co.uk S+B UK Limited specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of innovative technical furniture systems for Science, D&T, Food and Information Technology as well as cross curricula general classroom furniture. We number many independent and overseas schools amongst our regular clients and we are very experienced in providing high quality contemporary designs to any part of the world. Our specialist consultancy, design and costings are offered to prospective schools and colleges free of charge.
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School Website
Stand no. 70 Address: Rowan House, Field Lane, Teddington, TW11 9BP, UK Contact: Daryll Middleton Email: daryllm@schoolwebsite.co.uk Web: www.schoolwebsite.co.uk At School Website we’ve produced online and printed marketing for some of the most recognized independent schools in the UK and internationally. Our client list includes Charterhouse, Repton, Rugby, Uppingham School and international schools such as St George’s, Rome & Runnymede College, Madrid to name just a few. Online, our websites are renowned for making an impact. They are distinctive as they are original and have received national recognition for both design and innovation. We don’t just build a school website; we help produce a digital marketing strategy that covers mobile, apps, social media, SEO and PPC. Offline, we produce innovative printed materials that complement and support your online presence. Brochures, prospectus packs, flyers, stationery and business cards are all in a day’s work. For schools looking to refresh their brand or reposition the school we also offer a complete marketing solution that includes research, positioning, marketing strategy and branding. A full service design agency for the education market, our services include: Strategy; Branding; Web; Print; Multimedia; SEO & PPC; Social Media.
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SchooliP
Scientific & Chemical International
SchooliP is a web-based school improvement solution that incorporates performance management for staff, development planning and school self-evaluation. SchooliP removes the paper chase of appraisals and evidence tracking, providing staff with a simple “performance management on a page” solution to recording their progress. Incorporating lesson observations, learning walks and work scrutiny, SchooliP will streamline the process of improvement within schools. SchooliP works with all modern browsers and devices, providing ease of access and being simple to use. Staff will quickly progress with SchooliP with minimal training and support. There are hundreds of schools who now use SchooliP to manage these processes, providing transparency and informing leadership of the current position of the school, in readiness for inspection and reporting to the governing body. SchooliP is used by a growing number of International and British International Schools and have been supporting members of COBIS for over two years.
SciChem International is a long standing supplier of science equipment and chemicals to educational establishments in over 100 countries. Our International Sales Department recognises the need to offer and supply you with quality products and has extensive experience and expertise in delivering what you want, when you need it, worldwide. We proudly offer: 1 – dedicated international team providing a personalised service. 2 – large well stocked warehouse assuring prompt dispatch of your orders. 3 – quality products for the teaching of science from kindergarten to pre-university. 4 – exclusive items – e.g. the LASCELLS physics range. 5 – quotations with shipping cost (including hazardous chemicals) on request. 6 – international catalogue in printed and electronic formats.
Stand no. 65 Address: Gleneagles House, Vernon Gate, Derby DE1 1UP, UK Contact: Damien Roberts Email: damien.roberts@schoolip.co.uk Web: www.schoolip.co.uk
The SCI Group
Stand no. 16 Address: Offices worldwide Contact: Craig Cooper Email: info@scigroup.org Web: www.scigroup.org The SCI Group is a long-established provider of insurance and financial solutions to the international schools community. This year sees the introduction of a completely new and innovative way of providing health coverage for schools. The feedback from the schools community to date has been tremendous and we will be delighted to demonstrate how this renaissance in health care provision can provide your school with a solution that provides value and longevity without the continuous need to shop around when your health insurer decides to increase their costs. We also have a range of cutting edge solutions to complement your employee benefits packages such as a very low cost retirement/ savings plan as well as many other services your staff will find very appealing including mortgages, insurance and banking.
Stand no. 27 Address: Carlton House, Livingstone Road, Bilston, West Midlands, WV14 0QZ, UK Contact: Terry Scott Email: terry.scott@scichem.com Web: international.scichem.com
SIMS International
CONFERENCE SPONSOR
Stand no. 42 Address: 5 Mercian Close, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1LT, UK Contact: Kyle Longhurst Email: info@capita-independent.co.uk Web: www.capita-independent.co.uk/international-schools
Why come along? With over 30 years’ experience in the education sector, SIMS International provides a trusted, proven solution to schools in over 45 countries. Trusted by over 150 international schools worldwide, our customers tell us they’ve found no other management information system with the innovation and flexibility of SIMS to support them in meeting their school’s vision. Be the first to try our SIMS Teacher app. We’ll be showcasing all the newest SIMS developments, including our new, intuitive SIMS Teacher app. Designed to simplify everyday classroom tasks for teachers, the app allows your teachers to focus on pupils whether in the classroom, on the playing field or on a school trip. If you are attending the COBIS conference in May please visit International Account Manager, Kyle Longhurst, at the international stand. Alternatively call us on +44 (0)1285 647473 or email kyle. longhurst@capita-independent.co.uk to find out how SIMS International can support your school in the delivery of academic and pastoral excellence.
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Spark Spanish
Step One Ltd
Spark Spanish organizes customized Spanish school tours in Andalucía and other parts of Spain. Our main objective is to help teachers connect with their students on a personal level outside of class and to further encourage the students’ interest in the Spanish language and culture. We offer a wide variety of options in terms of accommodation (residential, host or family stays), excursions (Cádiz, Jerez, Sevilla, Gibraltar, Ronda), classes (A-level, general, conversational, cultural focus) and activities (flamenco lessons, visit to the beach, film night, barbeque, games night and sports such as padel, rugby, kayaking) and also offer combined city trips to Madrid, Barcelona, Granada and Cordoba. Our guiding principle is “student learning = our great passion” and we hope to inspire many students in their development as language learners and to share in their teachers’ enthusiasm for Spain and the Spanish language. Spark also offers A-level Revision Courses, Spanish Summer Camps and Work Experience, including Demi-Pair Programmes as well as Adult Intensive Courses.
Step One is an independent internationally based career and educational guidance provider, specialising in working with students in the international community with particular emphasis on British schools. Step One provides a professional online program of educational and career guidance from year 7 to 13 including university guidance, with ongoing support from our experienced advisers. All components of this programme are available for completion online – visit www.step1.ac Step One also contributes to a school’s continuous professional development and inspection requirements. No subscriptions required, all affordable and payable by parents or school. Let us help you support your students, parents and staff.
Stand no. 34 Address: Calle de los Espadas 6, El Puerto de Santa María, 11500 Cádiz, Spain Contact: Inge Hol Email: inge.hol@sparklanguages.com Web: www.sparkspanish.com
St Mary’s University, Twickenham
Stand no. 67 Address: Waldegrave Road, Twickenham, London, TW1 4SX, UK Contact: Mariann Baker / Lorna Goodwin Email: mariann.baker@stmarys.ac.uk / lorna.goodwin@stmarys.ac.uk Web: www.stmarys.ac.uk St Mary’s University celebrates 165 years of tradition and excellence in teaching in 2015. With a distinguished history and a very modern outlook, the University welcomes students from schools all over the world onto its portfolio of degree programmes offered in the four Schools of Arts and Humanities; Education, Theology and Leadership; Management and Social Sciences; and Sport, Health and Applied Science. St Mary’s was set up in 1850 to prepare teachers for the education of poor Catholic children and is now the second largest provider of teacher training in London. Our Primary and Secondary School teaching were judged by OFSTED to be ‘outstanding’ in 2011. St Mary’s offers Masters in Education in Leading Innovation and Change, Pedagogy and Catholic School Leadership, with several programmes accessible online. Continuing Professional Development opportunities are available, including training on developing international-mindedness and enhancement of pedagogical skills in an International schools context. St Mary’s also offers training for aspiring middle managers, assisting with methods to lead and manage a team successfully, and provides training to aid effective communication.
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Stand no. 23 Address: 80 High Street, Winchester, SO23 9AT, UK Contact: Alan Beckett Email: guidance@step1.ac Web: www.step1.ac/british
Teachers’ Wealth
Stand no. 66 Address: Wenceslas Square 64, Prague 110 00, Czech Republic Contact Name: Tim Cox Email: t.cox@teacherswealth.com Web: www.teacherswealth.com Teachers’ Wealth provide free, impartial and independent advice to teachers of all nationalities in respect of offshore savings and investments, offshore pension planning, wills, life insurance and all other aspects of teachers’ financial advisory needs. With clients based all over the world from as far as the Cayman Islands, Australia, Singapore and throughout Europe, Teachers’ Wealth is also a supporting member of the Council of British International Schools (COBIS), the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) and British Schools in the Middle East (BSME).
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TES Global
Stand no. 35 Address: 26 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4HQ, UK Contact: David Binney Email: david.binney@tesglobal.com Web: www.tes.co.uk
HEADLINE SPONSOR
Recruiting the right teachers & leaders doesn’t just make a difference to the pupils – it makes a big difference to the whole school. With the majority of such roles found through TES, we have all the tools you need to recruit the best. Reach 747,889 teaching professionals through: TES Leadership: our specialist team of recruitment advisers have the knowledge, expertise and tools to create unbeatable recruitment solutions for your school. TES Magazine: an award-winning print and digital magazine covering education news and features – with leadership issues and a dedicated leadership recruitment section. TES Connect: a huge online leadership community that actively discusses news, career opportunities and school development issues. TES Courses: online courses to help teachers improve their skills, with guidance from world-leading institutions and experienced teachers. TES Resources: over 800,000 resources are shared and sold on our collaborative platform, facilitating support between teachers around the world. TES School Awards: celebrate the excellence and dedication of those who make a significant contribution to education, with special awards for inspirational head teachers.
The School Planner Company
Stand no. 49 Address: Units 1-3, The Ermine Centre, Hurricane Close, Huntingdon, PE29 6XX, UK Contact: Caillen Chapman Email: c.chapman@school-planners.co.uk Web: www.school-planners.co.uk The award-winning School Planner Company creates student planners (electronic and bound books), teacher planners, yearbooks and more. Our focus is on tailoring products to meet the exact needs of each customer, with excellent design and friendly advisors to understand individual requirements. Pages are designed to meet schools’ exact needs and we have hundreds of page ideas that can be used or modified to save time. Honeycomb ePlanner, our digital planner and school communication system, builds on the success of our printed products and can be used on its own or with a paper planner.
The Teaching Assistant College
Stand no. 3 Address: Unit 7b, Greyfriars Business Park, Frank Foley Way, Stafford, ST16 2ST, UK Contact: Eva Cartwright Tel: +44 (0)1785 227 574 Email: eva.cartwright@tacollege.com Web: www.tacollege.com The Teaching Assistant College offers specialist training for support staff based in Nursery, Primary or Secondary Schools in the UK and overseas. We design and deliver practical training based on current research to suit the needs of your school. We have a growing network of trainers all dedicated to motivating and training support staff to improve standards in your school. Services we offer: • CACHE Accredited Qualifications via e-learning • CACHE Endorsed Learning Programmes • Consultancy • INSET • Training Resource File • Online Courses
Thinking Child
Stand no. 12 Address: Unit 6A Grove Farm, Grove Farm Lane, Moulton, Northampton, NN3 7TG, UK Contact: Sue Dixon Email: sue@thinkingchild.org.uk Web: www.thinkingchild.org.uk We support schools with the development of language / literacy through creative, bespoke consultancy and training and complementary, innovative practical resources. We can support you to: • Develop thinking skills / P4C: problem solving, creativity and the ability to ask questions. • Embed strategies and policy into a whole school development of reading/literacy and thinking skills. • Have a real impact on the whole school, the practice of teachers and TAs as well as children’s motivation and attitudes to learning. Contact us to find out more about how Thinking Child can support your school with creative resources and training.
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TIC Recruitment Ltd
Stand no. 57 Address: Avon House, 19 Stanwell Road, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, CF64 2EZ, UK Contact: Andrew Wigford Email: a.wigford@ticrecruitment.com Web: www.ticrecruitment.com
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TIC Recruitment & Training provide a personalised, reliable and responsive recruitment and training service tailored specifically to international schools and teachers worldwide. We really understand the needs of British International Schools. We have over 25 years of experience in international education and have a large database of over 10,000 mainly British trained teachers. We already work with many COBIS schools. Our placement fees are reasonable whether you are looking for just one teacher (or Headteacher), a maternity cover or to staff an entire school. Teachers use our services for free and we only charge schools if we successfully find a teacher they hire. “TIC has a fantastic team, their professionalism and commitment to service were second to none and ensured our recruitment period ran smoothly and efficiently” – Eamonn Mullally, Edron Academy Mexico
Titus Learning
Stand no. 22 Address: 21 Tesla Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK Contact: Sebastian Francis Email: hello@tituslearning.com Web: www.tituslearning.com Based in the UK, Titus Learning provides custom online learning platforms to international schools teaching the IB, EdExcel, CIE, British or American curricula. We offer a bespoke, end-to-end service including design, implementation, training and support, with a focus on the particular needs of international schools. Our team has over a decade of experience in the e-learning sector, and we’ve worked with schools from across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Built on the open source VLE Moodle, Titus Learning Platform integrates with SIMS, CMIS, Veracross and iSAMS – allowing you to use your learning platform for real time reporting of student grade, behavioural and attendance data as well as managing your course enrolment and user groups automatically. If you’re already using Moodle in school, you can still take advantage of many of the services we offer, such as theme design, training and support, without switching to Titus Learning Platform.
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TTS Group Ltd
Stand no. 18 Address: Unit 1 Park Lane Business Park, Kirby-in-Ashfield, NG17 9GU, UK Contact: Steve Williams Email: stephen.williams@tts-group.co.uk Web: www.tts-ecat.com
CONFERENCE SPONSOR
Introducing Blue-Bot, the new addition to the TTS floor robot family. Blue-Bot is a Bluetooth enabled floor robot which means it can be controlled with a tablet or PC. Plan algorithms on the screen of the device and send it remotely to Blue-Bot to perform right in front of you! Blue-Bot has a clear shell which means children can see the components inside and identify what gives Blue-Bot its buzz.
Twig World Ltd
Stand no. 11 Address: Twig World Ltd, 3rd Floor, CentralPoint, 45 Beech Street, London, EC2Y 8AD, UK Contact: Charlotte Bouchier Email: charlotte@twig-world.com Web: www.twig-world.com; www.tigtagworld.com Twig World Ltd is a digital education company with particular expertise in creating outstanding short videos from the world’s best video archives that engage children in their learning. Twig World Ltd began production of its primary and secondary content in 2010 and now has more than 2700 videos on Science, Math, Geography and History, combined with thousands of downloadable images, diagrams, quizzes and other lesson resources. Twig is now used in 14 languages and used by an estimated 80,000 teachers in 8000 schools in more than 60 countries, including many top international schools. Twig offers consistency, accuracy and a perfect mix of enjoyment and learning. Teachers enjoy using Twig in lessons as a great captivating resource and find it exciting when students explore the content themselves. Please come to our stand and meet Charlotte and Kiri who can show you around Twig. Twig offers free one-month trials so you can have a play back at school.
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Warwick Mann International Ltd
Worldteachers Recruitment
Now in our 20th year, we offer an exclusive service for international schools and teachers. Truly independent, we have many discounted schemes designed specifically for international schools. All advisors are fully qualified to UK standards, with 25 years’ experience in financial services. We give professional independent advice on: Mortgages; Healthcare; Retirement Planning; Savings Investments; Life Insurance; Income Protection; IHT planning; Travel; NI & Tax; Wills; Hands off UK property Purchase. To assist schools with staff recruitment and retention, we help many schools improve their benefits package with healthcare, life assurance and income protection arrangements. For further information or to arrange a school visit please contact info@warwickmann.com
Worldteachers is widely established with a current team of 9 consultants working with schools, colleges and Universities throughout the world. Through our extensive range of on-line and off-line recruitment marketing and our investment in the best technology, we are able to continue to grow our database of teachers and extend our services to an ever increasing range of schools. Our services include handling one-off vacancies, organising interview trips for single schools, recruiting whole teams for new schools or campuses, organising our unique exclusive recruitment fairs throughout the year, and utilising the features and benefits of our specialist software and multi-function website.
Stand no. 4 Address: Apartado 0832-1727, World Trade Centre, Panama City, Panama Contact: Andrew Seward / Craig Blyth Email: info@warwickmann.com Web: www.warwickmann.com
WCBS International
Stand no. 40 Address: Somerset House, Magdalene Street, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9EJ, UK Contact: Ian Hunter Email: sales@wcbs.co.uk Web: www.wcbs.co.uk
CONFERENCE SPONSOR
WCBS is a specialist provider of management information software to fee-paying schools in the UK and overseas, offering a complete MIS solution that can support multiple departments including Academic, Admissions, Finance and Alumni. The WCBS software suite is designed and built for the specific needs of the International Schools sector. We have an ongoing commitment to product development and use the latest technologies available. Our clients can be sure that the solution they invest in today is future-proofed as technology advances.
Stand no. 63 Address: Homelea, Quarrier’s Village, Inverclyde, PA13 4QQ, Scotland, UK Contact: Roddy Hammond Email: roddy@worldteachers.net Web: www.worldteachers.net
Zeco Ltd
Stand no. 55 Address: Enterprise House, 34 Faringdon Avenue, Harold Hill, Romford, Essex, RM3 8SU, UK Contact: Anish Haridas Email: info@zecoschoolwear.com Web: www.zecoschoolwear.com Established in 1976, Zeco has fast become one of the leading manufacturers and wholesalers of Schoolwear in the United Kingdom, offering unrivalled quality uniform to thousands of schools and retailers worldwide. The majority of our leading lines are still manufactured in the UK as we pride ourselves on authentic British uniform. In addition we hold some of the highest levels of stock of any Schoolwear distributor to ensure our customers are never left disappointed. We also offer an outstanding embroidery service which produces high quality school logos using state of the art machinery.
World Challenge
Stand no. 39 Address: 17-21 Queens Road, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP13 6AQ, UK Contact: Tony Burns Email: tburns@world-challenge.co.uk Web: www.world-challenge.co.uk For 27 years World Challenge has been at the forefront of devising educational expedition programmes which teach life skills and expand minds outside the classroom walls. Our expeditions enable students to become successful learners, confident individuals and responsible global citizens. World Challenge is the world’s largest provider of school expeditions, working with about 800 schools worldwide. We have offices in the UK, Dubai, Boston, Hong Kong, South Africa and Melbourne and offer a range of 45 destinations. Our programmes are fully aligned to the ethos of the International Baccalaureate and offer a springboard for fulfilling the Creativity, Action and Service of the IB Diploma Programme.
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