Reimagining Secondary Schooling

A pop-up thought-leadership conference

Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Central London

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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, Steed Education, and Kai Vacher, Principal of the British School, Muscat

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 - Trevor Benstock, 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: Mark Steed and Kai Vacher

1615 Close and Coffee

Venue

The conference will be held at the offices of Jestico + Whiles, Sutton Yard, 65 Goswell Rd., London EC1V 7EN

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