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Nina's Conference Padlet

Key Note Speaker Bio

Education is a world of very special people but you will meet few as extra special as Nina ‘Ninja’ Jackson. Her work in the area of mental health, well-being and SEND has had an overwhelming impact on children, teachers and parents alike. She has rescued many who were on the brink of despair and given teachers the motivation to carry on when they nearly walked away from their careers. Motivational speaker, award winning author and lover of life, Nina puts the heart and humanity of others into everything she does. Whether it’s receiving standing ovations from audiences of school leaders, running whole-school INSET days and twilights or working directly with children in their classrooms, Nina brings warmth, humanity, honesty, humour and fun to every environment, making a truly lasting impression wherever she goes.

• tlcninajackson@gmail.com
• Instagram: @itlninja
• Twitter username: @musicmind
• Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nina-jackson-0194b634/

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Download Ben Pearson's slides here (West Northants)

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• 40 DEIB toolkits: https://www.diverseeducators.co.uk/our-toolkits/
• Bennie’s new book – The Diverse Curriculum: https://www.diverseeducators.co.uk/our-bookshelf/  
• Diverse educator job board: https://jobs.diverseeducators.co.uk/

Speaker Bio

Bennie Kara is a co-founder of Diverse Educators. After 20 years in schools as a teacher and leader, she now works full time as a speaker, trainer and consultant on the curriculum. She is the author of A Little Guide for Teachers: Diversity in Schools and the co-editor of Diverse Educators: A Manifesto.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/67944188/

www.diverseeducators.co.uk

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• Download Natalie's workshop slides here
• Download the self-evaluation framework here

Speaker Bio

Natalie is an Independent Education Consultant, specialising in SEND and school improvement. She develops and delivers a wide range of training and support, including SEND reviews, to schools and multi-academy trusts. She works closely with several trusts to support their strategic development of SEND and is a trustee of Learn-AT in Leicestershire. She is an associate for national organisations nasen, Whole Education, Forum Strategy and Leadership Matters. Natalie is the author of The Perfect SENCO and The Teacher’s Guide to SEN and co-author of Beyond Boundaries: Leading Great SEND Provision across a Trust.

• E mail: n.packer174@btinternet.com
• Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-packer-23779847
• Twitter: @NataliePacker

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Speaker Bio

Neurodiversity is a term which is now commonly brought into conversation when considering “inclusion” but what does this mean and why is this focus becoming increasingly prevalent within schools? This workshop aims to consider these questions whilst also diving deeper into what it is like for many neurodiverse people, covering definitions, attitudes, personal insights as well as practical ways to support going forward. Particularly, this workshop aims to shine light on the difficulties and complexities experienced by people high-masking individuals, who can often go under the radar. Additionally, the importance of this topic will be clearly highlighted with the realities of the struggles experienced daily by many young people and adults alike will be outlined. Furthermore, this workshop aims to bring attention to the nuances of neurodiversity and challenge potential pre-existing ideas, with the hope of allowing further understanding and acceptance for all.

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Speaker Bio

Katherine Walsh is the Director of Inclusion for River Learning Trust and a Regional SEND Leader with Whole School SEND. She is an experienced teacher and school leader and has led SEND provision in primary and secondary schools in England and America. Over the past ten years, Katherine has developed particular expertise in working with leadership teams to develop school-wide systems, establishing shared and inclusive visions for the education of children and young people with SEND. Katherine was a lead author on the Department for Education commissioned Whole School SEND Teacher Handbook: SEND and a project director for the Educational Endowment Foundation’s SEND Review Trial.

rsl.scnwlon@wholeschoolsend.com

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Speaker Bio

Dan is an experienced education leader, currently serving as Inclusion Lead on the Senior Leadership Team at Kettering Science Academy. Previously Head of Year 9 and Curriculum Lead for Music, Dan brings a broad perspective to his work, combining pastoral care with academic leadership. Over the last 18 months, he has taken an asset-based approach, working collaboratively with parents, carers, students, and staff to strengthen stakeholder involvement in education. This inclusive strategy is yielding positive results, with reductions in behaviour incidents and internal truancy. A member of Cohort Five of Difference Leaders, Dan is committed to the principles of inclusive leadership—building relationships, fostering equity, and ensuring every child has access to the support they need to thrive. As he nears the end of his two-year programme, he continues to champion a culture where all students feel valued, heard, and empowered.

www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-dudson

Download workshop slides here

Speaker Bio - The Difference | Key event Sponsor & Author of Who is Losing Learning report.

The Difference: Our Purpose

• The problem: The country's most vulnerable children have overwhelmingly poor educational and life-outcomes, with disastrous consequences for themselves and society. Many of these children are excluded from school.
• Our purpose: The Difference exists to improve the life-outcomes of the most vulnerable children by raising the status and expertise of those who educate them.
• Our solution: The Difference creates specialist senior school leaders, with the expertise to lead whole-school and multi-agency approaches to meeting the learning, wellbeing and safeguarding needs of all children, and most crucially those with high levels of need and vulnerability.

Through its programmes, research and partnerships, The Difference learns what works to improve outcomes for vulnerable children, and shares this best practice across its network and the sector.

The Difference

• irene@the-difference.com
• sam@the-difference.com

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Speaker Bio

Tony has 29 years of experience as a teacher in mainstream secondary and special schools. This includes over 8 years as head of a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), working with the vulnerable pupils excluded from mainstream school and their families in inner London, before retiring in 2017. It was during this latter period of his career that he became convinced of the urgent need to explore alternative approaches to managing challenging behaviour in order to stem the flow of exclusions from mainstream schools.

Tony sees NVR as a powerful alternative to the traditional behaviourist models in operation in almost all mainstream schools as a model rooted in authentic relationship-building, it is particularly apt in its focus on supporting adults to manage themselves effectively when faced with challenging behaviour from a young person.

Tony has a professional doctorate in education from Middlesex University for his research into how exclusion from school affects the parents of those excluded and how PRUs might be reconceptualised in an advocacy role supporting families to secure reintegration for their children back into mainstream school as quickly as possible, rather than lingering in PRUs often for many years.

• tony@partnershipprojectsuk.com
• linkedin.com/in/tony-meehan-3063b823

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Speaker Bio

Dumiso is currently the Head of Geography at Kettering Science Academy. In addition, the Subject facilitator for the BWT teaching school and an examiner for AQA and Pearson at GCSE level and A level. Dumiso's Journey into education began when he career changed in 2018 from a career in commercial litigation and has developed in to one of the key subject specialists when looking at managing the cognitive load, Self regulation and building positive relationships with students.