About FASNA conferences

We bring members together for a day in a convenient and pleasant place three times a year with these aims:

• to provide a private forum where we can learn from each others' experiences
• to offer up to date information about matters of current interest
• to invite key figures from Education to speak, listen and discuss our concerns

March 2008
Howard Kennedy, TDA Director of Change
Richard Gold and Roger Inman, Stone King LLP
Rob McDonough, The West Bridgford School
Russ Field, Selly Oak Trust School

December 2007
Mick Brookes, NAHT General Secretary
Nick Gibb MP, Conservative Education spokesman
Stephen Kingdom, DCSF Head of School Funding

June 2007
Steven Moss, IT within BSF
Shan Scott, DfES
Philip Moss, Solihull LEA

March 2007
Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools
Dugald Sandeman, Director of School Funding and Workforce at the DfES
Richard Gold, solicitor, Stone King, Bath

November 2006
Sir Bruce Liddington, Schools Commissioner at the DfES
Alan Parker, School Adjudicator
Richard Gold, solicitor, Stone King, Bath

July 2006
Ralph Tabberer, Director General of Schools at the DfES
John Dunford, General Secretary, Association of School & College Leaders
Richard Gold, solicitor, Stone King, Bath

March 2006
Lord Andrew Adonis, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education
David Willetts MP, Shadow Education Secretary
Jack Hatch, Head of St Bede CE (Aided) Primary School, Bolton

November 2005
David Hart, recently retired General Secretary, NAHT
Sir David Normington, Permanent Secretary, DfES
Julian Butcher, School Admissions, Organisation & Governance Division, DfES
Richard Gold, solicitor, Stone King, Bath

June 2005
David Bell, Chief Inspector of Schools
Sue Garner, DfES Admissions team
Richard Gold, solicitor, Stone King & Bath

March 2005
Stephen Twigg, Minister of State for Schools
Tim Collins, Shadow Secretary of State for Education
Phil Willis, Lib-Dem Shadow Education spokesman
Philip Parker, Head of DfES Schools Capital Policy unit
Mike Stewart, Head of Westlands Foundation School, Torbay

July 2004
Tom Jeffery, Director General, DfES Children Young People and Families
Michael Griffiths, Head of Deacon's School, Peterborough

March 2004
Philip Hunter, Chief Schools Adjuduicator
Stephen Crowne, Director of Resources, DfES

November 2003
David Normington, Permanent Secretary at DfES
Graham Lane, Chairman of Local Authorities Association
Mike Tomlinson, Working Group for 14-19 Reform
Richard Gold, solicitor, Stone King & Bath

June 2003
David Miliband, Minister of State, DfES
Bryan Sanderson, Chairman of the Learning Skills Council
John Beattie, Chairman of the General Teaching Council
Peter Stanton-Ife, Lead Director, Capital Unit, DfES

March 2003
Peter Housden, Director General of Schools, DfES
Michael Gibbons, Lead Director of the Innovation Unit, DfES

November 2002
Ken Boston, Chief Executive, QCA
David Hart, General Secretary, NAHT

June 2002
Baroness Ashton, Parliamenary Under Secretary of State
Teresa Williams, Hti
Stewart Thomas, Learning Skills Council

March 2002
Iain Duncan Smith, Leader of the Conservative Party
David Crossley, Principal of Kings College, Guildford
Niels Chapman, Head of Whitefields School and Centre