ASCL General Secretary Geoff Barton talks to:

• Lucy Powell, MP: on Labour policy and why leaders should be bolder • Christine Hodgson, Chair, Careers & Enterprise Company: why apprenticeships matter • Professor John Hattie: doing what makes a difference and stopping doing the other stuff • Paul Dreschler, President, CBI: why it’s time to do education policy differently • Carl Ward, CEO City Learning Trust/ASCL President: how as leaders we should co-construct education policy with business and government • Amanda Spielman, HMCI: on curriculum and workload • Damian Hinds, Secretary of State for Education: on ways of reducing workload • Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE: on being a legendary explorer