🗓️ Three dates available across February, March and April.
This session is designed for:
➡️ COOs and CFOs
➡️ HR Strategic Leads and School Business Managers
➡️ Data Protection Officers (DPOs)
➡️ Board members serving on finance, audit, risk or resources committees
What leaders will gain;
✔️ Clarity on how AI can reduce operational burden and cost
✔️ Confidence to lead AI ethically, compliantly and strategically
✔️ A clear understanding of COO, HR and DPO responsibilities
✔️ Practical frameworks to take straight back to your organisation
✔️ Stronger governance and assurance conversations at board level
Every participant will take away;
🔹 An Organisation-Wide Operational AI Maturity Matrix
🔹 The same matrix ready for RAG-rating
🔹 Role-specific AI handouts for COO, HR and DPO roles
🔹 Role-specific RAG-rating versions for COO, HR and DPO use
This is more than training, it’s an immersive leadership experience designed to help schools and MATs move from curiosity to confident, well-governed AI adoption.
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AI and School Operations
Rise Leaders Rise Summit 2026
Bold Leadership. Unapologetic Presence. Executive Power
London, UK
Up and Coming Events
Who is it for?
This summit is for aspiring, emerging and newly appointed executive leaders from Black, Asian, and global majority backgrounds, including:
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Senior leaders preparing for roles such as Executive Head, CEO, or Director
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Middle leaders with executive ambitions
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MAT or Trust leaders committed to equity-centred change
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Those navigating the emotional, political and professional realities of racialised leadership
If you’re ready to lead beyond the school gates – with strategy, presence and power – this summit is for you.
Conference Price
£350, plus VAT, per person, includes full programme, excellent speakers, lunch and refreshments etc.
Pay by Monthly Instalments
Reserve your place now!
4 monthly instalments of £87.50, plus VAT,
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Rise Leaders Rise Summit
Executive Leadership for Global Majority Educators
The Rise Leaders Rise Summit is a bold, affirming and future-focused one-day leadership conference created to support and accelerate the journey of global majority educators into executive leadership.
This summit has been designed in response to a persistent and deeply felt need: the underrepresentation of global majority leaders at the highest levels of educational leadership in Multi Academy Trusts, Local Authorities, diocesan structures, and national policy spaces. While schools across the UK serve richly diverse communities, the executive leadership of the sector does not yet reflect that diversity.
We believe that must change and this summit is part of that change.
Purpose of the Summit
The Rise Leaders Rise Summit is more than an event – it’s a movement.
It exists to:
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Inspire global majority education leaders to see themselves in senior executive roles
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Equip them with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to step forward boldly
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Connect them with others on the journey – building networks of support and sponsorship
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Challenge the systems that have historically excluded and undervalued diverse leadership voices
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Affirm that our communities, our schools, and our children need leadership that is reflective, representative, and rooted in justice
What You Will Gain
Attendees will experience:
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Keynotes from powerful global majority executive leaders
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Workshops focused on practical tools for strategic influence, public leadership, confidence and inner belief
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Courageous conversations about race, power, authenticity and vision
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Guidance on sponsorship, personal branding and visibility
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A vibrant, affirming community that recognises your leadership potential
Why Now?
Now is the time for education to reflect the brilliance, resilience and excellence of the communities it serves. Now is the time to challenge the myth that executive leadership must look, sound, or behave a certain way. Now is the time to rise , unapologetically, collaboratively, and strategically.
Venue
Central London
In the words of Ann Palmer
“Representation is not enough. We need leadership transformation. This summit exists to affirm that you don’t need to wait to be chosen. Your time is now.”
