ArborFest is back in-person!

ArborFest is back in-person!

Join us at ArborFest 2023 – our biggest in-person customer conference to date! 

This year’s ArborFest explores different facets of the theme “Transforming the way schools work.” With schools and trusts facing squeezed budgets, the challenge of Covid catch-up, and rapidly evolving policies, there has never been a more important time to explore the different ways schools can innovate to support students, staff, and their wider communities. 

ArborFest will bring 400 Arbor customers together at Kings Place, London on 26th January 2023 to do just that. Our exciting programme will look at the ways schools can drive positive change both using Arbor and in their broader day-to-day. 

Plus, it’s all completely free! Sign up for your free spot here. 

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What’s on at ArborFest? 

The day will be packed with inspiring talks from both experts within the education sector and school staff using Arbor. Explore everything we have on stage by stage.

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Main Stage

• Debjani Mitra, Senior Administration Officer at Sir Thomas Abney Primary School, James Hodgson, Principal at Hagley Catholic High School and Simon Whittington, Deputy Headteacher at Wey Valley College PRU all share how they’ve used Arbor to create meaningful change in their schools

• David Jones, Head of Personal Development at Saracens RFC, on how to build a resilient team in tough times

• New Features Showcase from Hilary Aylesworth, Head of Product at Arbor Education

Plus, Laura McInerney will be giving a keynote speech on how we can all create meaningful change across the education sector – including what makes a powerful message, which messages get through to the DfE, which get lost, and what you can do to change it.

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Data Stage

• Luke Mulhall, Assistant Head Teacher at Gosport and Fareham Multi-Academy Trust and Chris Berry, Headteacher at LWS Academy discuss how they’ve used Arbor to improve parental engagement and reduce staff workload

• Catherine Tallis, Director of Business Services at HFL Education, and Rachel Macfarlane, Director of Education Services, explore why the democratisation of data is so important for school staff

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MAT stage:

By popular demand, we’ve combined our best-selling MAT Conference series with ArborFest with a dedicated MAT stage full of thought leadership talks from experienced MAT leaders from across the country. 

• Amanda Hodder, COO at Emmaus Catholic Multi Academy Company on how, when and why to centralise different systems across your trust
• Mark Greatrex, CEO at Bellevue Place Education Trust on why he believes autonomy wins over centralisation 
• Micon Metcalfe (CFO, Westminster MAT), Dan Morrow (CEO, Dartmoor MAT), and Natalie Perera (CEO, EPI) on different strategies for responding to the cost-of-living crisis as a trust

You’ll leave with clear, actionable insights you can bring back to your trust and implement, all focused on growth, sustainability, and creating a cohesive MAT.

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Customer roundtables

This year, we’re inviting our customers to three roundtables on integrations and Behaviour. 

You’ll leave with new ideas to take back to your school, based on other Arbor schools’ tips and advice. Perfect for schools looking to share best practice, or who want to learn from others.

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Feedback forums:

At Arbor, we’re always looking for new ways to help schools work better. It’s essential to us that we create our Roadmap by working hand-in-hand with our schools. Our termly Feedback Forums are one of the key ways we ask for your feedback and thoughts.

Come along to one of our feedback forums on Assessments, Innovation and Parental Engagement to have your say on what our Product and Engineering Team should focus on next. 

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How do I get involved?

Arbor customers will receive their ticket in their email inbox!

What will I get with my ticket?

• Free entry to ArborFest
• Access to all our talks and roundtables
• Breakfast and lunch are included
• An Arbor bag full of Arbor goodies
• Join us at an end-of-day drinks party

Can’t make it in-person? We’re live streaming the day too –  keep your eyes peeled for the first release of our virtual tickets. 

What will I get with my online-only ticket?

• See all the talks on our Main Stage via live stream
• A digital delegate pack

We can’t wait to see you there! Look out for updates across our Twitter and LinkedIn, and share your experience using #ArborFest. 

We can’t wait to see you there! Look out for updates across our Twitter and LinkedIn, and share your experience using #ArborFest.