BRILLIANT Festival

BRILLIANT is a free, one day festival built to reignite your passion for teaching. It brings together more than 2,000 teachers, leaders and education professionals for the largest education event in the North West and one of the most energising days of CPD in the UK.

The event creates a space where educators, employers, innovators and policymakers can share ideas, explore new approaches to learning, and build meaningful partnerships. It is not a traditional conference. Instead, BRILLIANT focuses on conversations, workshops, and real examples of how collaboration between education and industry can transform opportunities for young people.

Across the day, attendees will hear from leading voices in education, business, and technology. They will explore new ways of thinking about skills, curriculum, careers education, and the role of employers in shaping learning. Most importantly, they will leave with practical ideas and connections they can take back into their work.

BRILLIANT is about possibility and aims to show what happens when schools and industry work together to create better pathways for the next generation.

Keynotes and debates tackling AI, future skills and leadership

80 plus exhibitors showcasing classroom ready technologies

Networking with peers, industry partners and innovators

The BRILLIANT Awards recognising schools, educators and businesses making a difference.

Tom Rogerson, headteacher at Cottesmore school says:

"From the moment you arrive, the tone is clear. This isn’t about prestige or posturing, it’s an event that’s dynamic, down-to-earth, and refreshingly human.

"Here, the focus is where it should be, which is on you, your students, and the future of education.

"The conversations are real, the speakers are approachable and perhaps most importantly, people actually want to help."

Read his full blog here >

• Date: Tuesday 10 November 2026
• Location: Exhibition Centre Liverpool
• Cost: FREE
• Travel: Easily accessible by train, car and air

Places fill quickly. Secure your free ticket and be part of the movement shaping the future of education.

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