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Cornwall Education and Skills Festival

Wednesday, 8 July 2026

Time
09:00 - 16:00
Venue
Truro & Penwith College, Truro, TR1 3XX
Price
£15

Cornwall’s first Education and Skills Festival, hosted by Truro and Penwith College and delivered with the Education Endowment Fund.

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This Festival will bring together educators from primary, secondary and Further Education, alongside colleagues in SEND, apprenticeships, skills and careers, for a day of:

✨ High-quality, bite-size, evidence-informed CPD

✨ Cross-phase collaboration

✨ Practical strategies that translate into real classrooms

✨ A celebration of the excellent practice already happening across the county

Keynote Speakers:

Amjad Ali (Try This Teaching)
Claire Badger (InnerDrive)
Anna Round (Youth Futures Foundation)
Ruth Sparkes (Creator of the Teachie app)
Dr Tanya Ovenden-Hope (Plymouth MARJON University - Cornwall)
Beth Brooks (Southwest Social Mobility Commission)
Stacey Sleeman & Ann Vandermeulen (LSIP strategy)
The strands running throughout the day:

• Digital Technology

• SEND & Inclusion

• Disadvantage & Social Mobility

• Teaching, Learning & Curriculum

• Apprenticeships, Skills & Careers

This is a genuine opportunity to shape a new, collaborative professional learning space for Cornwall — and to showcase the strength of practice across our education system.

If you would like to attend, contribute, or know someone who should be involved, please get in touch: cornwalleduskillsfestival@gmail.com (Speakers receive free entry)

Venue

Truro & Penwith College
College Road
Truro
TR1 3XX

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Dates

The event runs from 09:00 to 16:00 on the following dates.
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