The NASS Annual Residential Conference will be held at the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel, Kings Road, Brighton on Thursday 7th October and Friday 8th October 2010. Join us to hear news, share views and network.
Janet Thompson from Ofsted has confirmed that she will be delighted to give a keynote speech at the conference.
To allow for travelling we expect the conference to begin with Registration from 11:00am on Thursday 7th October and to end at approximately 3:00pm on Friday 8th October. For those people who wish to arrive on Wednesday 6th October, there are a small number of rooms available at the hotel on a bed and breakfast basis, delegates must contact the hotel directly (Tel: 01273 715133 ) to book these rooms quoting NASS Conference. The deadline for booking these rooms is Tuesday 24th August 2010, after this date there is no guarantee that rooms will be available.
It is only a short taxi journey from the rail station to the hotel situated on the seafront, and it has many facilities including a fully equipped gym, spa pool, sauna and indoor swimming pool. Parking is available on site (charges apply).
To make a booking, the form can be downloaded here. For all enquiries please contact Karen Rippon, Administrative Officer.
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