Cornwall Education and Skills Festival
About this Event
📅 Wednesday 8 July 2026
🕘 9.00am–4.00pm
💷 £15 per delegate (including lunch & refreshments)
This is about something bigger than a conference.
Cornwall’s geography and rurality mean that too often, accessing high-quality CPD involves long travel times and significant cost. We want to change that.
This Festival will bring together educators from primary, secondary and Further Education, alongside colleagues in SEND, apprenticeships, skills and careers, for a day of:
✨ High-quality, bite-size, evidence-informed CPD
✨ Cross-phase collaboration
✨ Practical strategies that translate into real classrooms
✨ A celebration of the excellent practice already happening across the county
Keynote Speakers:
- Amjad Ali (Try This Teaching)
- Claire Badger (InnerDrive)
- Anna Round (Youth Futures Foundation)
- Ruth Sparkes (Creator of the Teachie app)
- Dr Tanya Ovenden-Hope (Plymouth MARJON University - Cornwall)
- Beth Brooks (Southwest Social Mobility Commission)
- Stacey Sleeman & Ann Vandermeulen (LSIP strategy)
The strands running throughout the day:
• Digital Technology
• SEND & Inclusion
• Disadvantage & Social Mobility
• Teaching, Learning & Curriculum
• Apprenticeships, Skills & Careers
This is a genuine opportunity to shape a new, collaborative professional learning space for Cornwall — and to showcase the strength of practice across our education system.
If you would like to attend, contribute, or know someone who should be involved, please get in touch: [email protected] (Speakers receive free entry)
Let’s make this something Cornwall is proud of.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 15.00
