You’re invited to ArborFest 2025

Join us at ArborFest 2025 – our biggest in-person customer conference to date! 

This year’s ArborFest explores the theme “The future of work in schools.” From a new government to the rise of AI, schools and trusts have been faced with new challenges and opportunities over the past year. At the same time, the sector continues to brave budget cuts, staff shortages and a workload crisis. In this landscape of change and challenge, it’s important that school leaders have the space to explore what the future of work in schools will look like for them.

ArborFest will bring 800 Arbor customers together at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 21st May 2025 to do just that. Our exciting programme will look at the ways schools can innovate and evolve using Arbor and beyond.

See the full programme and get your free tickets here.

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Join us for a day of thought-provoking sessions and practical talks from experienced school and trust leaders. You can expect to:

• Learn from fellow school and trust leaders on how they’re using Arbor to improve attendance, get Ofsted-ready and master AI 
• Hear innovative talks from experts within the education sector on leadership, collaboration, and flexible working
• Network with other Arbor users and share ideas at our Customer Roundtables 
• Be the first to see the reveal of our 2025 Product Roadmap
• Hear from Mary Bousted, Chair of the Teaching Commission, in an inspiring keynote on the future of education recruitment, workplace culture and workload reduction
• Test out upcoming Arbor features with our team at Arbor Labs, live!
• Ask your burning questions at Meet an Arbor Expert 

Above all else, ArborFest is a chance to celebrate the great work our schools do and have fun. You’ll leave with clear, actionable insights you can bring back to your organisation and implement right away, all focused on building a school, MAT or LA of the future.

And the best part is, it’s all completely free!

We can’t wait to see you there.

P.S. Can’t make it in-person? We’re live streaming the day too – so sign up for a digital ticket instead.

What will I get with my ArborFest ticket?

• Free entry to ArborFest
• Access to all our talks and workshops
• Breakfast and lunch are included
• An Arbor bag full of Arbor goodies
• Join us at an end-of-day drinks party