Here is where you will find excerpts and full versions of the presentations that contribute to our passion to transform education for the future benefit of our society.

OST believes that learning should be engaging, relevant, and meaningful for children, and that it should involve a curriculum that emphasises the development of a wide range of skills.

Follow ups from our live event around our 2023 report A Vision for the Future of Primary Education.

Two of our excellent panel of speakers have contributed their thoughts about the issues raised

Professor Mick Waters sets out his ideas for how we need to improve our school system.

Headteacher Bridget Knight explains why teacher agency is so important in our schools.

Mantle of the Expert

At the Bealings School an approach called Mantle of the Expert is utilised. This approach is recognised by many, including the Oxford School of Thought, as a very positive learning pathway, emphasising active, hands-on learning, and it encourages children to think critically, creatively, and collaboratively. It also places a strong emphasis on the development of communication skills, as children are often required to work in teams and present their ideas and solutions to their peers.

We have been privileged to learn about Mantle of the Expert from Duncan Bathgate and Kelly McLoughlin in a series of interviews explaining various aspects of the approach. We are pleased to present these on our website in order that more schools will be able to recognise the value of their outstanding work.

An approach to education which respects the ideas of children and helps them to shape a learning experience, more memorable and fulfilling than most. Duncan Bathgate and Kelly McLoughlin lead us through the way in which a Mantle project works

Duncan and Kelly from the Bealings School, leading practitioners in using Mantle of the Expert talk about the very positive approach they take to assessment

Schools as they are now and how they could be

Dr Neil Hawkes, educational leader, social thinker and founder of Values-based Education (VbE) tells us about the way children are being educated today in many schools and then goes on in a second video to suggest ways in which education could be designed for children in the future.

Open Schools

Sir Tim Brighouse, one of the most exciting thinkers about education in this country, gives us his revolutionary idea of creating Open Schools, using a totally new approach, in the way that the Open University changed the landscape in that sector.