Theme: REACH

The TEDxWorthingED licence was based on the vision of bringing the Worthing and South East educational community together to share ideas about how pupils and students can be best prepared and supported to ‘REACH’ their potential and develop the habits, mindset and skills for success (http://reachprogramme.org/about/).

Worthing is also currently going through a period of significant educational change. Worthing College has recently moved to a new campus, Northbrook College is undergoing significant building work, and the age of transfer of pupils across the town will align to the Key Stages for the first time from September 2015. Existing schools are being extended and a new school is planned. It is hoped that TEDxWorthingED will develop into an annual conference where local expertise and excellence is celebrated, and big ideas are shared.

The conference is ticket only and delegate tickets are limited to 100. Tickets will go on sale through www.tedxworthinged.com on 28 September and are likely to be in high demand. For more information and updates follow TEDxWorthingED on Twitter and Facebook.

Worthing College
1 Sanditon Way
Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 9FD
United Kingdom

Alex Bailey

Alex joined Adur & Worthing Councils as Chief Executive in September 2013 after a spell at the NSPCC (leading national Fundraising strategy work). He has previously run a small consultancy business, worked in public service leadership roles in London and Brighton & Hove and as a solicitor at a large commercial law firm in the City of London. He chairs abandofbrothers a charity working with young offenders and is vice chair of the East Sussex Credit Union. Alex has experience as a school governor in inner London and Brighton and was involved in the set-up of 7 new academies in NW London.

Paul Jones

Dr Paul Jones is a serving Headteacher at the Orchards Middle School in Worthing, West Sussex. The Orchards is a large middle school and Paul has been in post since 2001. Prior to this Paul was Headteacher of a large Middle School in Southwick. Paul is fiercely committed to providing the very best opportunities for children and he undertakes a vast range of strategies to ensure that at his school they do exactly that. Paul is also a qualified School Improvement Partner and External Advisor for Headteacher Performance Management.

Shaun Allison

Shaun is Deputy Headteacher at Durrington High School, author of 'Perfect Teacher Led CPD', and a strategic board member of the Excellence & Growth Schools Network. Shaun is also pioneering an assessment without levels initiative which is funded by the DfE.