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The SEND Conference is back!

Unlock the power of inclusive education and join us at the SEND Conference at the Excel, London on 15th May 2025. Located at the heart of the Schools & Academies Show, the conference provides an unparalleled opportunity to shape the future of SEND provision within your school.

We understand the every day challenges facing the SEND Community, so we’ve curated a packed CPD-certified agenda with specialist practitioners leading discussions on the evolution of SEND practice, creating an inclusive curriculum and multi-disciplinary collaboration.

Whether you’re looking to gain insights from leading SEND specialists, participate in dynamic discussions or network with like-minded peers, the SEND Conference is your platform to enhance your skill set and discover tangible solutions to help you spark change, maximise attainment and transform outcomes for your pupils.

Be Part of the Largest Community of SEND Professionals

300+
SEND LEADERS

30+
LEADING SEND SUPPLIERS

30+
SPEAKERS

7
CPD POINTS

8+
HOURS OF NETWORKING

Unlock the Power of Inclusive Education

Discover Best Practice Insights To Transform Pupil Outcomes

✔ Save your school time and money sourcing and procuring services, products and solutions dedicated to improving pupil outcomes

✔ Upskill, enhance your knowledge and unlock practical content tailored to nurture your professional growth

✔ Get a year's worth of networking, idea exchange, and peer connection packed into one day

✔ Learn from the successes and challenges of like-minded SENDCOs

✔ Stay up to date with the latest sector trends to help you deliver impactful SEND provision and improve outcomes for pupils

Co-Located With the SAASHOW!

The SEND Conference will be co-located with the Schools & Academies Show, the UK’s largest gathering of senior education leaders, providing a one-stop shop of everything they need to further strengthen their strategic business and school improvement plans for a lasting impact.

Following a successful launch in 2024, the show will also host EdTech Innovate and the School Estates Summit. Your SEND Conference pass provides access to all events, so you can benefit from connecting with a wider audience, accessing more CPD-content and meeting with a diverse range of market-leading education suppliers!

    • Headteachers

    • Chief Executives

    • Directors of Finance

    • School Business Managers

    • Principals / Vice Principals

    • Governors

    • Workforce Leads

    • Designated Safeguarding Leads

    • Policy Development and Reform

    • Curriculum Development

    • Staff & Pupil Wellbeing

    • Staff Training, Recruitment and Retention

    • Funding, Budgeting and Resource Management

    • School and Trust Improvement Strategy

    • Procurement

    • Leadership & Governance

    • Network Managers

    • IT Managers

    • Head of Digital Learning

    • Directors of IT

    • Directors of Teaching & Learning

    • Headteachers

    • Digital Infrastructure and Strategy

    • AI Implementation and Utilisation

    • Digital Skills and Learning 

    • Ethical and Cost Effective EdTech use

    • Futureproofing your Setting, Staff and Pupils. 

    • Heads of Estates

    • Site Managers

    • Business Managers

    • FM Leads

    • Building Managers

    • Headteachers

    • Estates Efficiency

    • Compliance

    • Managing Change, Projects and Operational Functions

    • Funding

    • Sustainability

2025 AGENDA NOW LIVE!

At the SEND Conference, we understand the every day challenges facing the SEND Community, so we’ve curated a packed CPD-certified agenda with specialist practitioners leading discussions on the evolution of SEND practice, creating an inclusive curriculum and multi-disciplinary collaboration.

Confirmed Speakers for 2025:

  • Dame Christine Lenehan
    Strategic Advisor to the Government, Formerly Council for Disabled Children

  • Stephen Kilgour
    SEND Advisor and Outreach Teacher, The Foundation Stage Forum

  • Stephen Steinhaus
    CEO & Founder, Solihull Alternative Provision Multi Academy Trust

  • Dr Ben Levy
    Educational Psychologist & Magician
    Magic Lessons

  • Michael Surr
    Head of Education, National Association for Special Educational Needs (nasen)

  • Emma Balchin
    Chief Executive
    National Governance Association

  • Ffion Robinson
    Education Officer
    nasen

EXPLORE THE FULL AGENDA

  • An excellent show - with fantastic speakers. I came away feeling more knowledgeable.

    SENDCO, St Joseph's College 

  • The event was highly inspiring and thought provoking. It has given me topics and company information that I can take back to the wider senior leadership team, and items I can disseminate at CPD.

    Assistant Headteacher and Inclusions Manager, Bligh Primary-Maritime Academy Trust

  • I feel more enthused and informed to be an effective SEN leader having attended the show. It was a shame that the SEN part was so far away from the main event.

    SENCO, St Mary Cray Primary Academy

  • A great show for networking and meeting other professions. Excellent SEN sessions.

    SENCO, St Pauls C of E Primary School

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