As the SEND landscape evolves, how can education leaders move beyond policies and processes to create a culture where inclusion is embedded in everyday practice?

In this keynote, Margaret Mulholland explores the changing expectations for mainstream inclusion and what SEND reform means for school and trust leaders. Drawing on her extensive experience in SEND policy and inclusive leadership, Margaret will consider the cultural, strategic and practical shifts needed to ensure inclusion becomes a shared responsibility across the whole school community.

Discover how leaders can foster collective ownership, strengthen high-quality teaching and create the conditions for every learner to achieve, belong and thrive.

As SEND Reform puts greater focus on mainstream inclusion, how can schools ensure every learner has the opportunity to thrive? Join Kathryn Stowell from CENMAC and student Khamani Edwards, as they explore what meaningful inclusion looks like in practice. Drawing on specialist expertise and a student's lived experience, they will highlight how assistive technology, inclusive teaching and the right support can remove barriers, build independence and help mainstream schools create learning environments where everyone belongs.

How can school leaders develop an evidence-informed inclusion strategy that strengthens provision and improves outcomes for all learners?

Drawing on research into high-quality teaching for pupils with SEND, this session will explore how leaders can evaluate their existing provision, identify barriers to learning and prioritise areas for improvement.

Discover practical considerations for auditing classroom practice, curriculum accessibility, staff confidence, available resources and targeted support, and translating these findings into a coherent whole-school inclusion strategy.

Leave with actionable insights to strengthen universal provision, ensure consistency across classrooms and create ambitious, inclusive learning environments where every learner can achieve and thrive.

The DfE’s Every Child Achieving and Thriving sets out the importance of high-quality adaptive teaching in meeting a wider range of needs within mainstream classrooms.

Drawing on Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith’s research into Contemporary Adaptive Teaching, this session explores how we can evolve traditional approaches by harnessing technology to make adaptive teaching more personalised, inclusive and sustainable.

Through practical classroom examples, discover how assistive technology can extend the adaptive teaching toolkit, providing on-demand digital scaffolding that removes barriers to learning, strengthens access, understanding and participation, and empowers learners to take greater ownership of their learning.

The session will explore how inclusive design, learner autonomy and equity as a mindset can become part of everyday classroom practice, enabling teachers to meet diverse needs without increasing workload or reducing challenge.

How can local authorities and schools move beyond targeted interventions to make assistive technology an integral part of everyday inclusive practice?

Drawing on Gloucestershire County Council's findings from the DfE ATLL Impact Study, this session will explore the impact, challenges and key lessons from implementing assistive technology at scale, sharing practical insights that other local authorities and schools can apply.

We'll then bring this to life at school level, hearing from Coberley Primary School about their journey from targeted interventions towards universal provision. Discover how the school plans to embed technology within its wider inclusion strategy to meet a broader range of learner needs more effectively and sustainably.

Leave with practical ideas for scaling assistive technology, embedding it into everyday teaching, and making effective use of Inclusive Mainstream Funding to strengthen universal provision and create a sustainable, whole-school approach to inclusion.

Vicky Maher shares how her Trust is embedding assistive technology into its MAT-wide inclusion strategy, moving beyond individual interventions to establish a consistent, inclusive approach to teaching and learning across all schools.
Vicky will share the findings from their impact study on introducing technology to strengthen universal provision and how this approach has resulted in supporting a wide range of learning needs while building pupil independence, confidence and access to learning.

Drawing on her Trust's experience, Vicky will share how technology is being incorporated into inclusion strategy planning and the opportunities of Inclusive Mainstream Funding to support practical, sustainable investment in technology, helping Trusts make strategic decisions that deliver long-term value, reduce barriers to learning and support more pupils through everyday classroom provision to create a scalable approach to inclusion.