Summer Conference 2026 Slides

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7th July

Addressing Affluent Neglect: Why the Children Who Look Like They Are Thriving May Need Us the Most — Neil Moggan

Connecting to Thrive — Dr. Matt Silver

Climate Change Education: Why It Matters Now — Heena Dave

Connecting Your Why to Your How: Teaching as a Cultural Practice — Henna Lehtonen

Creating Conditions for LGBTQ+ staff to Thrive: Insights From Research — Richard McDonald

Cultivating Curiosity and Resilience in Young Learners Through screen-free play — Hannah Hagon

Doing Education With Families, Not To Them — Joe Pardoe

Enduring values in primary education — Robert Young

From Inspiration to Impact: How RISE Up is Transforming Children’s Life Chances Through Relationships, Movement and Self-Care Toolkits — Neil Moggan

Inclusive by design — Chris Best, Sarah Latham, Alex Povey and Helen Summers (Manor Hall Trust)

Keep it simple: creating space to flourish — Claire Holt

Leadership of Inclusion Bases — Natalie Packer

Making “holistic education” meaningful and real — Professor Philippa Cordingley and Bart Crisp

Navigating Challenging Classroom Conversations — Dr. Michelle Perkins

Research and practical strategies for paying “smarter” attention — Professor Davide Nicolini

Teaching as Story-Making: bringing learning to life — Tim Taylor

What does it mean to develop a metacognitive school? — Nathan Burns

What is the role of the subject in a whole education? — Rebecca Peacock

What is the role of the subject in a whole education? — Rachael Symons

8th July

Adding value to schools’ SEND provision as a MAT Central Team — Amy Wright

Beyond SEND: Running an Inclusion Strategy in the Context of Reform — Jude Macdonald

Designing and Delivering a Curriculum that works well for all pupils — Mary Myatt and Gary Aubin

Development of SEND provision and leadership at scale — Kelsey Clark-Davis

Effective adaptive teaching for inclusive classrooms: what are we adapting to, and why? — Margaret Mulholland

Empowering Every Adult to Support Pupils’ Social and Emotional Needs — Emma Shackleton

Healthy Staff Culture at the Heart of Inclusive Schools — Jonny Uttley

Inclusion Bases in Primary: Examples from Practice — Amy Baxter

Leadership of Inclusion Bases — Natalie Packer

Navigating complexity through region-wide co-production — Dr Vikki Jervis, Susie Weaver, Rachel Delourne and Amy Daniels

Providing a heavily adapted curriculum for learners with complex needs in mainstream — Beth Tanton and Josh Garrett-Smith

Secondary Inclusion Bases: examples from practice — Anna Messides (Morpeth School)

Stakeholder engagement and SEND policy - an international perspective — Dr. Catherine Antalek

Strong Foundations for Language & Learning — Elklan

The 2026 SENCo, navigating changing tides — Kelly Nash

Understanding compound barriers at a systemic level for some of the most vulnerable children and families in the education system — Charlotte O’Regan

What we've learned: 5 lessons from special -mainstream school partnership — Beth Tanton and Josh Garrett-Smith

What strong inclusive leadership looks like in practice — Frances Akinde