Tes SEND Show North 2027
5 February 2027
Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, United Kingdom
40 sessions · 26 speakers
Organiser (1)
Media Partners (9)
Headteacher Update · Autism Eye · SEN Magazine · Nursery World · SEND Network · SecEd · The CPD Group · Children & Young People Now · Education Business
Sponsor (1)
Association Partners (2)
nasen · National Governance Association (NGA)
Exhibitors (54)
Bendrigg Trust · Read Revive · More House School · Therapeutic Thinking Ltd · Amazing Interactives Ltd · Entire Club · IDL · Muve Futures · Smartbox Assistive Technology · The Dyscalculia Network · Grow to School CIC · Ace Centre · LINQ Education · Jigsaw Education Group · Cosy · Schologists · Nudge Education · Education Elephant · Pulse Healthcare · The Vilij · Mosaic Minds: Self-Learning Pathways CIC · Cambian Group · Learn Mind Mesh · Crick Software Ltd · Academy 21 · Momenta Connect · TeachingTimes · Titus Learning Ltd · Speech & Language Link · Chatterdillo · OxEd · SEN Legal · Grammarsaurus · Motional · No Isolation · Home from Home Care · Fresh Start in Education · Royal School for the Deaf Derby · Verbo – Digital NHS Speech and Language Toolkit · TTS Group · Sensory Direct · Millhouse · Chatterbug Speech and Language Therapy Service · bMindful Psychology · Tute Education · Elklan Training · Creative Play (UK) Ltd · Literacy Gold · Young Giants Education · Safer Handling · Liquid Personnel · Esteem Educators Ltd · Inclusive Tutoring Network · Together Trust Charity
Supporting Partners (3)
Speakers (26)
- Mark Vickers MBE Chief Executive Officer, DfE
- Prof. Mark Mon-Williams Director, Born in Bradford Centre for Applied Education Research
- Courtney Pemble Founder, Self Employed
- Cate Marsden Director of External Partnerships, Woodbridge SEND Service - Woodbridge Trust
- Katy Leckenby AAC Consultant Specialist Teacher, Ace Centre
- Vicky Barker Head of Woodbridge SEND Service, Woodbridge SEND Service
- Hannah Senel-Walp Director, Tes Institute
- Adam Sproston HMI Senior His Majesty's Inspector, SEND and Alternative Provision, Ofsted
- Amanda Corcoran Director of Education, Manchester City Council
- Ange Anderson SEND and Neurodiversity Adviser, Author and Former Special School Headteacher
- Carole Wood Education Advisor and teacher of the Deaf
- Cat Eadle Co-founder, The Dyscalculia Network C.I.C
- Christine Franklin Director of Inclusion, Academy Transformation Trust
- Dawn Cranshaw North West Regional Lead for Whole School SEND, Whole School SEND, nasen
- Dr Hannah Hulme Educational Psychologist, Tameside Educational Psychology Service
- Gail Donlon Lead LSA for Intervention / Together Type 1 Young Leader
- Harry Paget-Wall Collins Deputy CEO, The Gallery Trust
- Jenny Hewitt Director of Services, Daisy Chain
- Neil Stuart Former National Education Manager
- Nicole Dempsey Director of SEND and Safeguarding, Dixons Academies Trust
- Phillip Painter Safeguarding consultant, Confederation of School Trusts
- Richard Kirkup Programme Lead for Children and Young People; Chair, National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi); Special Education Consortium
- Rob Jennings Co-founder, The Dyscalculia Network C.I.C
- Sam McFarlane Education Officer, nasen
- Shaheen Myers Director, Balance-ed
- Stephanie Batey Founder and CEO, Inclusive Teacher Co
Agenda
- Welcome 5 February 2027
- Breakfast Networking: Sustainable Leadership - Taking care of hearts and minds of those who lead 5 February 2027
- Tes SEND Show North Main Keynote and Panel Discussion 5 February 2027
- Framing the Day - Sponsored by Supporting Education Group (SEG) 5 February 2027
- Why Your SEND Pupils Have Switched Off : A Psychological Toolkit for Re-Engaging SEND and AP Pupils 5 February 2027
- Early identification and responding to emerging needs, and the importance of the APDR cycle 5 February 2027
- From Inclusion to Independence: Preparing for Adulthood in every Classroom 5 February 2027
- From Frustration to Fun: Rethinking Maths for Learners with dyscalculia or maths difficulties 5 February 2027
- SEND Leadership Summit Keynote 5 February 2027
- How the Schools White Paper can help us build a country that works for all children and young people 5 February 2027
- Inclusion by Design: Embedding Inclusion at the Heart of Trust Strategy 5 February 2027
- The Reality of Type 1 Diabetes: What Every Educator Should Know 5 February 2027
- ADHD and Literacy: Strategies that Actually Work for Reading, Writing and Oracy 5 February 2027
- AI Manipulation and Deepfake Threats 5 February 2027
- Beyond Attendance: Understanding and Responding to Anxious Non-Attendance in Autistic Young People in Mainstream Settings 5 February 2027
- Summary of morning sessions + Q&A 5 February 2027
- Expertise Without Walls: Mainstream and Specialist as One Sector 5 February 2027
- AAC Essentials: Building Communication Rich Classrooms 5 February 2027
- Making Thinking Visible: Practical Strategies for Metacognition and Executive Function 5 February 2027
- Creating Joyful Play Experiences for Young Autistic Children. 5 February 2027
- Social, Emotional and Mental Health; Managing Risk and Suicide Prevention 5 February 2027
- Fix the system not the student 5 February 2027
- Developing specialist provision in a mainstream school 5 February 2027
- Inclusion - Now is the time 5 February 2027
- Using the Mixed Ability model to enrich experiences in SEND, Mainstream and Community physical activity sessions. 5 February 2027
- From strategy to everyday practice: making mainstream inclusion happen 5 February 2027
- Connected Classrooms: Embedding Mental Health into Mainstream Practice 5 February 2027
- Supporting Children with Complex Needs 5 February 2027
- Discussion Panel 5 February 2027
- Understanding Inclusion through the Ofsted Framework 5 February 2027
- Summary, thank you and close 5 February 2027
- The Sweet Spot: How Small Changes in the Early Years Can Transform Communication, Regulation and Learning. 5 February 2027
- Specialist Inclusion Bases: From Ambition to Implementation 5 February 2027
- Seeing the Whole Child: Using an Intersectionality Lens in SEND Practice 5 February 2027
- The AI Mega Prompt Approach: Transformative Leadership and Learning in SEND 5 February 2027
- Rethinking SEND in the early years: what children really need from us in mainstream settings 6 February 2027
- Effective Working with Outside Agencies in Mainstream Settings 6 February 2027
- Avoiding SEND Mis-interventions in mainstream settings. 6 February 2027
- A Neuro-Affirming Approach to Preventing Autistic Burnout 6 February 2027
- Safeguarding professional identity and teacher wellbeing 6 February 2027