National Catholic Education Conference

Church and Government; Shared Interests?

Thursday 18^th May 2006

10.30am – 4pm

(coffee available from 10am)

Regents Park Marriott Hotel, London

128 King Henry’s Road, London NW3 3ST

10.00              COFFEE       

10.30                            Welcome & Opening Liturgy

10.45                            A CES View On Shared Interests In Education

(Oona Stannard, Chief Executive & Director CES)

11.00              Education For Social Mobility?  For Economic Prosperity?  For A Different Purpose?       

                   (Bishop Edwin Regan)

11.45              Rt. Hon. Ruth Kelly

Secretary of State for Education and Skills

12.45                            LUNCH

2.15                                 Catholic Education: Serving the Church and Serving Society in the 21^st Century

(The Rev. Michael Holman SJ, Provincial)

3.00                The Performance of Catholic Schools and Sixth Form Colleges

(Tim Key HMI, Ofsted)

3.45                                 Concluding Remarks & Blessing

*The main presentations will include an opportunity for question and answer sessions and Ms Kelly will join delegates for lunch.

**The lunch period has been designed to allow delegates time to network and to look at the displays.