The Exams Office Senior Leader Virtual Conference 2025 is now available to all exams officers and senior leaders with responsibility for examinations and assessments within their centre

Please click the link below to create an account to access the platform and view keynote speeches, presentations, and exhibitor videos

Users should read the instructions on this page before accessing the Virtual Conference

Who can access the Virtual Conference?

Exams officers and members of the senior leadership team responsible for examinations and assessments can access the Virtual Conference by clicking this link and following the instructions below to create an account

If you experience any issues in accessing the 2025 Virtual Conference, please email conference@theexamsoffice.com

How can I access the Virtual Conference?

Step 1: Click the link above OR visit [webpage to be added]

Step 2: Complete the form on the homepage to create an account/login. You can create as many accounts as required for staff within your centre

Step 3: The details you provide to create an account/login will need to be provided each time you log into the Virtual Conference

Step 4: From the homescreen, you have the option to view the introduction, keynote speeches, presentations or visit our virtual exhibitors

Step 5: When viewing the presentations, you also have the option to download a PDF of the slideset. Please note that some slidesets were amended/updated after filming took place, so there may be slight differences in the content of the slides compared to what is presented on video

What is available in the Virtual Conference?

Users have access to all presentations, keynote speeches and exhibitors as seen at the The Exams Office 2025 Senior Leader Conference. These include:

Keynote speeches

• Ofqual update
• JCQ update

Workshops

• AQA: Top tips to help your teachers work effectively with your exams officer
• JCQ Centre Inspection Service: JCQ centre inspections
• National Association of Examinations Officers: Effectively managing, supporting and supervising your exams officer (including utilising the Exams Officer Professional Standards)
• OCR: Special consideration – your role and best practice. This session will provide guidance on the special consideration process. We’ll address common questions, discuss frequent errors we see and provide examples of good practice to support your centre’s management of special consideration. Colleagues from our Special Requirements Team will be on hand to help answer your questions.
• Pearson: Cyber security leadership: cyber security – protecting your systems, student data and exam papers. This workshop, presented by ​Sunny Budd is designed specifically for senior leaders in schools and colleges. This session aims to equip senior leaders with the knowledge and tools necessary to enhance their institution’s cyber security posture, ensuring a safe and secure environment for both staff and students. It will cover essential elements of cyber security that are most relevant to senior leadership, including:
  • Importance of cyber security in centres
  • Best practices for maintaining security within educational institutions
  • Implementation and benefits of multi-factor authentication (MFA)
  • Q&A session
• The Exams Office: The role of senior leaders in devising exam-related policies and procedures
• ATP Cyber (external organisation): Be cyber safe and regulation ready – The ATP workshop will focus on addressing the most pressing cyber threats facing educational institutions today, from data breaches and ransomware attacks, to unauthorised system access and sophisticated phishing campaigns. Their cyber security experts will demonstrate how their platform helps educate schools and colleges to implement robust security measures that align with JCQ’s General Regulations for Approved Centres requirements while providing practical, step-by-step protocols for threat prevention, detection, education and rapid response

What if I have a question relating to the content of a presentation?

If you have any questions relating to the content of a particular presentation, please email the relevant organisation. If you fail to receive a reply, please email conference@theexamsoffice.com, and we will endeavour to get you an answer to your query