Programme

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Chair’s welcome
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OPENING KEYNOTE – The Three Es of Inclusion: How to make the classroom work for every child

- Understand the importance of equal access to all pupils including those with SEND
- Appreciate the need to do more for those with less, no matter what barriers they face
- Acknowledge the need to target and fund access to extra-curricular activities and education visits for those who need it most to extend their lived experience

Speaker
Education Author and Advisor
Bromley Education, Yorkshire
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Refreshments and exhibition viewing

Your chance to network and visit leading exhibitors in the sector

Breakout Session 1 (CHOOSE 1A, 1B or 1C)

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1A: Exploring the Intersectionality between race and SEND: a call to action

- How disparities in SEND diagnosis and school exclusion highlight the need to ensure educational equity
- How systemic bias contributes to under-diagnosis of SEND in ethnic minority students, and the steps required to eliminate these
- How inclusive practices such as tailored support and fostering culturally inclusive environments are vital to supporting pupils

Speaker
Former special school headteacher, now a SEND adviser
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1B: Cognitive Load and the ‘Challenge Equation’

- What is the 'challenge equation'?
- How can we adjust activities to best balance demand and resources?
- How can we use this for pupils with SEND?

Speaker
Director of Inclusion and Support
Southend High School for Boys
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1C: Supporting successful transitions between settings

- What are the key features of a successful transition
- Why are transitions a cause of anxiety for some groups of pupils
- What are the key issues to consider for transition into secondary school

Speaker
SEND and safeguarding trainer and consultant
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Changeover

Breakout Session 2 (CHOOSE 2A, 2B or 2C)

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2A: Partnership working in safeguarding, and promoting better outcomes for SEND children

- Ensuring the SENCO, DSL, pastoral care team, and attendance improvement team work well together
- Working with external agencies; social care, local authority SEND and voluntary sectors
- Threshold of social care interventions and family support

Speaker
Independent Safeguarding consultant
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2B: Building belonging as part of school culture

- Using student voice to craft a sustainable approach to inclusion
- Why a sense of belonging is important when motivating learners
- Making the most of key events in the school calendar

Speaker
assistant headteacher
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
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2C: Creating an inclusive culture through whole-school CPD

- Setting a positive culture for learning-focused leadership
- The power of staff professional learning
- Creating a dynamic learning community

Speaker
Head Learning Leader
Highlands Primary School and Uphall Primary School
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Lunch and exhibition viewing

Your chance to network and visit leading exhibitors in the sector

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AFTERNOON KEYNOTE - Enabling autistic girls to thrive in school

- Understand the school experience from an autistic point of view
- Make simple, impactful adaptations to your everyday practice and environment
- Support autistic girls' self-esteem, self-care and strength-seeking

Speaker
Keynote speaker in SEND and mental health
with Lyra Hesmondhalgh (age 13)

Breakout Session 3 (CHOOSE 3A, 3B or 3C)

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3A: Addressing Unconscious Bias - racism, sexism and LGBTQ+ phobia

- How do we identify our own biases, and deconstruct them?
- How can we recognise discriminatory policies and practices?
- The uncomfortable process of becoming truly inclusive

Speaker
Motivational Wellbeing Speaker
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3B: A regional approach to inclusion

- An approach to building Teams Around the Child to support those most in need
- Creating innovative and pupil-centred ways to support vulnerable pupils and share best practice
- Developing self-efficacy in pupils with SEND

Speakers
Director of Inclusion
The Kemnal Academies Trust
Director of SEND and EAL
The Kemnal Academies Trust
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3C: They're not my children: how SENCOs can share responsibility for SEND with colleagues

- Taking care to ensure messaging about SEND comes from a teaching and learning source
- How to persuade colleagues to fulfil the role outlined in the code of practice that 'every teacher is a teacher of SEND'
- Designing CPD that is relevant to the children and their needs

Speaker
Independent consultant
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Refreshments and exhibition viewing

Your chance to network and visit leading exhibitors in the sector

Breakout Session 4 (CHOOSE 4A, 4B or 4C)

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4A: Distinguishing between EAL and SEN

- Understand the distinction between the needs of an EAL and SEND pupil
- Learn how to gather evidence to support initial concerns and observations, and make informed judgments in expected pupil progress and learning
- Learn more about the guidance and resources from The Bell Foundation

Speaker
head of training and resources
The Bell Foundation
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4B: How to build a successful SEND department from scratch

- How to smarten your SEN structure
- The importance of smart SEN communication
- Matching your provision to meet current needs

Speaker
SENDCo
Audenshaw School, Manchester
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4C: Rethinking behaviour systems in schools

- How to replace a traditional behaviour system to improve pupil outcomes and wellbeing
- Understand how the school challenges policy to improve outcomes for all
- Learn how staff engage challenging families and hard-to-reach children

Speakers
Headteacher
Meadow View Farm School
Director of Education.
Meadow View Farm School.
End of conference

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