London Regional Conference: Positively responding to complexity
- Face to face
- London
- 28 Nov 2025 (09:00 - 15:45)
This conference will focus on building confidence, competence and capacity to positively respond to complexity in our schools.
We’ll explore the skills and characteristics that enable inclusive pedagogies – adaptive expertise, building self-efficacy – and consider curriculum design for learners with SEND, particularly learners who experience challenges in relation to speech, language and communication and / or cognition and learning needs.
Delegates will engage in dialogues and reflection with colleagues, and participate in workshops with school leaders, teacher researchers, a clinical psychologist and a speech and language therapist, leaving with concrete, practical strategies, scaffolds and tools.
Location:
Coram Conference Centre
Coram Campus, 41 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ
Discover additional information about sessions and our speakers
Agenda
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9:00 – 9:30 |
Arrival and refreshments |
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9:30-9:35 |
Welcome and introductions
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9:35-10:30 |
Developing skills, habits and characteristics that enable inclusive pedagogies: Building self-efficacy (Dr Neil Gilbride) |
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10:30-10:50 |
Break |
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10:50-11:25 |
Principles for curriculum design for learners who experience complexity in our classrooms |
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11:25-12:20 |
Scaffolding for children with communication and language needs in our classrooms (Warda Farah)
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12:20-13:00 |
Lunch
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13:00-13:55 |
Developing skills, habits and characteristics that enable inclusive pedagogies: Adaptive Expertise (Sarah Cottinghatt, Margaret Mulholland and Amelie Thompson) |
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13:55-14:10 |
Break |
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14:10-15:00 |
Supporting pupils who experience complexity with cognition and learning
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15:00-15:15 |
Reflections and take-aways
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See more information on speakers and sessions here
This is a fully funded event by the Department for Education.
If you have any questions, please contact the Whole School SEND team.
Coram Conference Centre, Coram Campus, 41 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ
Suitable for: Assistant Headteacher, Deputy Head Teacher, Head Teacher, SENCO, Senior Leader
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