The NASS Annual Residential Conference will be held at the Macdonald Manchester Hotel, London Road, Piccadilly, Manchester on Thursday 8th October and Friday 9th October 2009.

Booking is now open for this year's conference. Although the programme is still to be finalised there will be sessions on:
- SEN Progress Guidance
- Succession Management
- Financial Benchmarking
- School Improvement Partners
- Outcomes

You can download a draft conference programme here, however do please remember that the programme is not finalised and may be subject to change.

This year the conference will follow a slightly different format. We will start earlier on the Thursday and have a full day focused on issues for schools, with sessions for specialist groups such as finance and health staff.

On Friday we will be having a joint day with Natspec, where the focus will be on issues mainly of relevance to post 16 education which will be of interest to both schools and specialist colleges.

The Conference is now FULLY BOOKED.

For all enquiries please contact Karen Rippon, Administrative Officer.

SPONSORS/EXHIBITORS

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