Darren is the Founder of Coxon AI, a consultancy specialising in helping schools make sense of AI in their context. An educator for 25 years, Darren has most recently managed the operation of school groups, notably Brighton College’s international schools and Britus Education, Bahrain. Darren has been at the forefront of educational technology for many years, including leading the first state 6th form in the UK to move to an iPad 1:1 model. He is now a major thought leader on AI in education and has delivered training, keynotes and workshops for HMC, COBIS, BSME, GSA, NAHT, Saxton Bampfylde, Independent Schools Portal, the National College, and GESS Dubai. This summer he will be speaking at the Inspiring Leadership Conference.
Beth is a safeguarding consultant and trainer working for Ella Savell-Boss Ltd Safeguarding Consultancy.
The company work with a wide range of education settings, charities and youth organisations both UK-wide and internationally.
Beth has nearly 20 years’ experience working with adults and children at risk – having worked with people with addictions, refugees and asylum seekers, ex-offenders, survivors of human trafficking and children experiencing sexual exploitation.
From working in the charity sector, Beth moved into safeguarding within education. She has worked within schools in some of the most deprived areas of the UK before coming on board at ESB Ltd. Beth’s passion is to demystify safeguarding and to ensure that every professional in their specific role feels confident and empowered to play their part.
Ella Savell-Boss Ltd. have worked with over 50 schools, academies and organisations providing safeguarding supervision to over 150 professionals both within group and 1-1 sessions. We also provide training on a wide range of safeguarding and pastoral issues as well as safeguarding reviews and audits, policy-writing and much more.
We prioritise ongoing experience of on-the-ground safeguarding to ensure our advice and support is realistic and current, based on the challenges of safeguarding in schools and organisations. For instance, currently members of the team work regularly within a secondary special school, a large primary school, an inner-city girls’ academy and a large religious organisation to provide safeguarding support.
Dai Preston is Headteacher of Arnold Lodge School (a co-educational independent all-through day school for pupils aged 4-18) and Executive Headteacher of Stratford Preparatory School (a co-educational Preparatory School for pupils aged 2-11). Dai has been Headteacher of Arnold Lodge since 2016 and, in that time, the school has grown from 164 pupils to 480 (and is now at maximum capacity). Dai is also an ISA Director and a Team Inspector with ISI.