• How can we embed inclusive practices more effectively across mainstream education settings to meet a broader range of needs earlier?
• What are the most impactful ways to rebuild trust and confidence among parents and carers navigating the SEND system?
• In light of forthcoming policy changes, what can schools, local authorities, and services usefully do now to prepare and drive improvement?
• Questions and answers

• Questions and answers

• What are the current issues impacting the SEND system, and what immediate steps can the sector take to address them?
• Identifying and overcoming the barriers to ensure provision is truly inclusive and accessible for all learners
• How can educational settings work closely with external stakeholders, services and agencies to tackle sector-wide challenges?
• Highlighting and utilising the success and positive outcomes we are seeing in the space

Leora Cruddas CBE, Chief Executive and Founding CEO of Confederation of School Trusts and Visiting Professor at UCL Institute of Education

Claire Dorer, CEO, National Association of Special Schools

Amanda Allard, Director, Council for Disabled Children

Jo Harrison, Co-Chair and Director, National Network of Parent Carer Forums C.I.C. 

Sarah Clarke, Co-Chair and Director, National Network of Parent Carer Forums C.I.C. 

• Questions and answers

• Understand how Ofsted's proposed reforms aim to evaluate inclusion as a core pillar across all inspection areas
• Gain an overview of the proposed inclusion-specific judgment and what it means for schools, MATs, and local authorities
• Discuss how the sector can shape Ofsted's evolving approach through active consultation and what to expect from the rollout of the new framework and report cards
• Questions and answers

• How can mainstream schools successfully embed specialist expertise and inclusive pedagogy into everyday practice?
• What are the most effective models for designing, funding, and sustaining high-impact resource provisions?
• How can schools maintain a balance between bespoke interventions and whole-school inclusion?
• Scaling effective practice across phases: primary, secondary, and beyond

Dr Nicola Crossley, CEO, Liberty Academy Trust

Elizabeth Murray, National Director of SEND, Star Academies

Sam Strickland, Principal, The Duston School

Amelie Thompson, Assistant Director of Education - SEND and Special Provision, Greenshaw Learning Trust

• How can schools create meaningful platforms for learners with SEND to express their views and shape their education?
• Practical strategies for fostering agency, self-advocacy, and student-led initiatives
• Lessons from lived experience: what works in building inclusive school cultures where all voices matter
• Questions and answers

• How can schools and early years settings integrate the preparation for adulthood outcomes into everyday teaching and learning?
• Discuss how schools, families, and support services can work together to equip young people with SEND with the skills needed for independent living, employment, and social participation
• Questions and answers

• Why health must be an equal partner in SEND support: lessons from early years, EHCP development, and transitions
• Exploring practical models for integrated commissioning and multi-disciplinary working
• Questions and answers

• How are local authorities developing and implementing impactful SEND strategies?
• How are LAs improving the quality and consistency of EHCPs across boroughs?
• What does effective multi-agency working look like in practice?

Nicki Grey, Specialist Lead in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Gloucestershire County Council

Elizabeth Funge, Assistant Director Education - Children’s Services, East Sussex County Council

*programme subject to change without notice