We Love SENCos II (Birmingham) Building Better SEND Support
About this Event
Following the success of our first We Love SENCos event, which brought together 250 SENCos and inclusion professionals at the London School of Economics, we’re bringing the event to Birmingham - bigger and better.
If you’re a SENCo, inclusion lead, school leader or trust leader, this day is designed for you.
Too often, SENCos are carrying huge responsibility with shrinking budgets, growing caseloads and not enough practical support. We Love SENCos Birmingham has been built to offer something more useful: sharp insight, practical ideas, honest conversation and tools you can take straight back into school.
Full speaker line-up to be announced.
You’ll also be in a room with hundreds of fellow SENCos and inclusion professionals, with plenty of opportunities to connect, share ideas, and leave feeling sharper, clearer, and more supported.
Venue: Millennium Point, Birmingham
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Welcome
Info: Opening remarks and introduction from the event host.
🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
The State of SEND: Opening Keynote
Info: Opening keynote fireside chat from some of the UK's top experts.
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
How to Identify Need Without Being Overwhelmed
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Assistive Tech in the World of AI
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Intervention That Doesn't Cost the World
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Break
🕑: 11:45 AM - 01:45 PM
Breakout session 1: SEND Masterclass
Info: Workshop one: Comorbidity (11:45-12:15)
Workshop two: Social, emotional and mental health (12:15-12:45)
Workshop three: Executive functioning (12:45-13:15)
Workshop four: Speech and language (13:15-13:45)
🕑: 11:45 AM - 01:45 PM
Breakout session 2: Operational SEND
Info: Workshop 1: 3 AI workflows to make your life easier (11:45-12:15) Workshop 2: Theme to be confirmed (12:15-12:45) Workshop 3 (12:45-13:45) SEND law panel
🕑: 11:45 AM - 01:45 PM
Breakout session 3: Strategic Inclusion
Info: Panel one: Responding to a changing SEND system (11:45-12:45)
This session will explore how schools and trusts should respond to the direction of SEND reform, including the Inclusive Mainstream Fund, inclusion bases and changes to the wider system.
Panel two: Building an inclusive culture (12:45-13:45)
This session will focus on attendance, NEETs, wellbeing and the practical work required to create inclusive schools.
🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:45 PM
Lunch
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:45 PM
Experts at hand panel
🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM
Closing keynote
🕑: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Closing remarks and networking
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 20.00
