Upcoming CPD
Discover the latest upcoming CPD webinars and live online discussions delivered by Whole School SEND. We offer CPD on a wide range of topics, hosted by our regional lead teams and a range of guest speakers from the world of education. All our CPD is fully funded by the Department for Education and free to attend.
Upcoming events
Session 1 of 3: Leadership and Culture
The opening session explores building an inclusive culture across a group of schools: understanding your strategic role and team, getting to know the schools you support, and enrolling others in a shared vision.
Teaching Every Learner Professional Development (PD) Group
Facilitated PD group supporting leaders who want to strengthen their inclusive teaching practice and improve outcomes for learners with SEND in their classrooms. Participants commit to attending all sessions and contributing between sessions.
Elliot Foundation Professional Development (PD) Group
Facilitated PD group supporting school leaders to develop a sound understanding of the SEND & Inclusion landscape in light of the recently released Department for Education White Paper ‘Every child achieving and thriving’.
The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) Professional Development (PD) Group
Facilitated PD group supporting the development of a shared understanding of high-quality, inclusive career-related learning in primary schools and support leaders to use the Careers Impact Maturity Model for Primary Schools.
Oracy Professional Development (PD) Group
Facilitated PD group supporting oracy and inclusive communication through a sustained school improvement project. Participants commit to attending all sessions and working in their setting between sessions.
Leading Specialist Spaces in Mainstream: Inclusion bases and Ofsted
Join Matt McArthur, WSS Deputy Regional SEND Lead & Deputy Headteacher at Frank Wise School, for an essential, practice-focussed webinar where we unpack the DfE’s 6 Principles of Effective Practice & map them directly against Ofsted’s evaluation.
Session 2 of 3: Systems and Processes
This session looks at designing coherent systems and processes across many schools: accurate identification of need, meaningful SEND registers, using data and management information systems, and professional development at scale.
South West Regional Conference: Sense of belonging still matters
This South West inclusion conference centres on the principle that a strong sense of belonging is an integral and enduring feature of effective school practice.
East Midlands Regional Conference: Developing belonging through speech, language and communication.
Join us for a day focusing on identifying speech, language and communication needs (SCLN) and equipping staff with the confidence to respond through adaptive practice and intervention.
Session 3 of 3: Monitoring and Review
The final session focuses on monitoring and review across a school group: keeping monitoring meaningful rather than compliance-driven, the graduated approach in practice, and building a shared review cycle that turns data into change.
Leading Specialist Spaces in Mainstream: Secondary Inclusion bases
This secondary-focussed webinar explores how to align your Support or Specialist Base with the DfE’s 6 Principles of Effective Practice, to maintain strong subject links and build an undeniable framework for pupil success.
Neurodiversity Training Package: Train the Trainer Webinar – Autumn Half Term 2 (all settings)
Join us for a free webinar supporting leaders, SENCOs and inclusion teams across primary, secondary and FE settings to deliver the Neurodiversity Train the Trainer package with confidence.
Neurodiversity Training Package: Train the Trainer Webinar – Spring Half Term 1 (all settings)
Join us for a free webinar supporting leaders, SENCOs and inclusion teams across primary, secondary and FE settings to deliver the Neurodiversity Train the Trainer package with confidence.