PiXL PRIMARY NATIONAL CONFERENCE HUB
AUTUMN TERM 2026/27

Stronger beginnings need clear leadership

Here is a sample of our nine speakers, ready to watch with your leadership team. Start with the keynote, pick the session that matches your priority, then act on it straight away.

This conference covered: Expedition leadership, closing the disadvantage gap, belonging, enrichment, curriculum, writing, Ofsted and learning that students find irresistible. Short enough to fit in a leadership meeting. Practical enough to change what happens in your school.

Rachel Johnson - 13 mins
Stronger schools start with stronger leadership.

Hannah Costanzo - 11 mins
Belonging works best when it's planned as precisely as any other strategy.

Jules Llewellyn - 13 mins
Practical fixes for the curriculum challenges primary schools face most.

Tara Magee - 7 mins
Writing is the hardest subject to secure, and one of the most important for transition.

Rachel Johnson
13 mins

Rachel is an author, podcaster, leadership thinker and coach. She understands what really gets in the way of effective leadership, from how we think and make decisions to the barriers that affect performance, relationships and progress. Her podcasts have built a global audience and rank among the UK's top three for educational leaders.

Stronger leaders. Stronger schools.

Stronger schools start with stronger leadership

Rachel made the case for putting leadership at the heart of building stronger schools. She looked at why it matters so much and where to start when developing leadership, both in ourselves and in others.

  • Chief Executive Officer of PiXL
  • Three-time published author, Hachette Learning
  • PiXL Pearls and Leadership Bookclub podcasts

    Further develop leadership in yourself and your team:

Hannah Costanzo
11 mins

Hannah's work centres on helping school leaders and educators learn from each other and get the most from their work. She is a firm believer in sharing across the divides in education, whether that's between regions, curriculum areas or key stages.

Applying a DTTR approach to belonging

Belonging works best when it's planned as precisely as any other strategy.

Hannah shared what she has learnt from how schools approach belonging, and explained why deliberate, precise strategic planning for belonging matters so much.

  • Head of Policy at PiXL
  • Author, How do you do belonging

Get Hannah's practical guide to planning belonging

Jules Llewellyn
13 mins

Jules helps primary schools build curriculums that give every child the best start, working with leaders on reading, spelling, maths and curriculum planning.

 

Curriculum insights

Practical fixes for the curriculum challenges primary schools face most.

Jules shared practical approaches to some of the curriculum challenges schools face most often. She introduced the Reading Fluency and Spelling packages, looked at how to support students who struggle with word problems and outlined how Curriculum Ready can help schools plan with confidence. Leaders left with clear next steps and resources they could use in school straight away.

  • Head of Curriculum & Assessment at PiXL
  • Reading, spelling, maths and curriculum planning

Plan your curriculum with confidence ahead of reform: