Visitor FAQs

The Schools & Academies Show primarily serves the public sector. If you are a private sector organisation wishing to take part, we recommend exhibiting or sponsoring. Alternatively, you can apply for a private sector place by filing out our enquiry form here and a member of our team will be in touch to let you know if your application has been successful.

This is a free to attend show for Schools, Multi-Academy Trusts, Colleges, Universities, Charities, Not-for-Profits, Local and Central Government and the wider public sector. There are a limited number of private sector places at the show available on a first come first served basis and you can apply for a private sector place by contacting [email protected]

Day 1 – 17th November 2021 – 09:00 – 16:30

Day 2 – 18th November 2021 – 09:00 – 16:00

Venue – NEC, Birmingham, North Ave, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT

To register a group of 8 or more for the show, please email us the following information. Otherwise for groups of 2 – 7, you can register online through the ‘register a colleague’ function:

• Organisation name
• Full names of the registrants
• Job titles of the registrants

Please send the information here: [email protected]

Registering and visiting the show is completely free for Schools, Multi-Academy Trusts, Colleges, Universities, Charities, Not-for-Profits, Local and Central Government and the wider public sector. If you are a private sector organisation then you can apply to attend through the registration form, however, private sector tickets are limited and allocated two weeks out from the event.

We will be taking all sensible steps to ensure the conference proceeds safely and successfully and are closely monitoring the situation. In cooperation with our venues and in consultation with our supporters we currently have no plans to postpone or cancel the event.

Should we need to move our event to a hybrid or digital format, all attendees and supporters will be notified via email.