Reimagining Secondary Schooling
A pop-up thought-leadership conference
Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Central London
Reimagining Secondary Schooling is a conference which seeks to explore a number of questions relating to remote and hybrid schools.
What does best practice in remote teaching look like?
Synchronous v asynchronous
One screen v personal screen?
Class size (teacher +8?; teacher +11? When does it become a lecture?
Do you use breakout rooms? how?
Adult in the Room?
Support between lessons?
Camera on v Camera off?
If you were designing a hybrid school from scratch, what would it look like?
The conference will bring together
online school providers, school leaders and teachers;
online tutoring agencies and tutors;
mainstream school leaders who are considering incorporating some elements of online or hybrid teaching into their curriculum;
investors;
academics;
policy-makers
The Organisers and Sponsors
Provisional Programme
0900-0930 Arrival and Coffee
0930-1015 Session 1: Keynote Disruption and Convergence: Mark Steed and Kai Vacher
1015-1115 Session 2: New Models for Secondary Schooling - Panel: School Founders and CEOs
1115-1145 Coffee Break
1145-1240 Session 3: Remote Teaching Pedagogy - Teachmeet format
1245-1315 Session 4: Incorporating VR into your remote learning experience - Founder and CEO of Campus XR
1315-1400 Lunch
1400-1430 Session 5: Designing a Hybrid School – Fusing Bricks-and-Mortar with Remote Learning - Ben Marston, Jestico and Whiles
1430-1515 Session 6: Remote Learning as solution to the Teacher Recruitment Crisis?
1515-1600 Session 7: Challenges: Parental Engagement, Government Recognition
1600-1615 Next Steps
1615 Close and Coffee
Venue
The conference will be held at the offices of Jestico and Whiles, Sutton Yard, 65 Goswell Rd., London EC1V 7EN