Conferences

Our conferences are an opportunity to connect and collaborate with education leaders from across the country. With carefully curated expert speakers who embody the Whole Education philosophy, each event features thought-provoking sessions designed to inspire reflection, challenge perspectives, and ignite innovative thinking. Held in-person at venues nationwide, our conferences offer a vibrant space to explore the latest leadership insights, trends, and cutting-edge approaches in education. It’s a chance to engage with forward-thinking ideas, share best practices, and leave energised to drive meaningful change in your school.

Our conferences for 2024/25 include:

Headspace
21st November 2024 at Tomlinson Centre, London

Headspace is our annual in-person event for Headteachers from Whole Education Member Schools. The theme of the day is Leadership: Unlocking the potential for growth.

We are going to be joined by three inspirational speakers: Vic Goddard, Monica Austin and Dr Ben Knight. The day is designed to bring together headteachers together from across our network to reflect, think deeply and be challenged on how we approach leadership in our institutions.

A bright conference room with round tables, blue chairs, and a stage with a projection screen.

Leadership Conference
6th March 2024 at Mary Ward House, London

We are running this conference in partnership with Schools of Tomorrow.

This day conference aims to explore, understand and challenge our thinking on the importance of schools as centres of community. The leadership required to build and exercise this wider role creatively and constructively is complex, subtle and demanding and needs leaders who understand and feel confident in that work and see it as central to their educational mission.

A speaker presents to a group in a wood-paneled room, with a screen displaying, "You are only as powerful as the stories you tell."

Summer Conference
23rd June 2024 at University of Warwick

A busy conference room with green chairs with Marc Rowland speaking at the front

SEND Leadership Conference 2024
24th June 2024 at University of Warwick

In the past, our conferences have included keynotes from world-renowned speakers such as Yong Zhao, Jaz Ampaw-Farr, Ron Berger and Guy Claxton. They also provide the opportunity to network and collaborate with leaders from across the country.

Whole Education Network Members and participants of our Words for All and Early Years / SEND School Improvement programmes will receive a mix of discounted and included places to these events depending on your package. Full price tickets will also be available to purchase for those not currently involved with Whole Education. Contact info@wholeeducation.org if you are interested in our conferences.