Lead sponsor
Programme
Inclusion
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Registration, networking and exhibition
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Welcome from Optimus Education
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Spotlight on inclusion
Explore the latest developments, practical insights and strategies shaping leadership and practice.
Strengthen your knowledge and confidence to stay ahead in 2026.
Strengthen your knowledge and confidence to stay ahead in 2026.
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The inclusion delusion...
The gap between the strategic claims of leaders and what is really going on in the classroom is wider than ever.
What really makes the difference in creating an inclusive system and an inclusive school?
What really makes the difference in creating an inclusive system and an inclusive school?
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Inclusion reimagined through belonging
Explore how re-imagining inclusion through the lens of belonging can create more supportive, equitable and empowering school environments.
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Building pupil resilience for learning through relational practice
Strengthen pupil resilience by fostering positive, trusting relationships to:
- create safe and supportive learning environments
- empower students to thrive.
- create safe and supportive learning environments
- empower students to thrive.
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Facilitated discussion and questions
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Morning refreshments, networking and exhibition
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Workshop choices one
1A From IEP to intervention
Ensure your IEPs have measurable targets which are tracked. Gain new tools to take data-driven decisions, and measure impact.
1B High quality teaching
Develop practical strategies for adaptive teaching:
- upskill classroom teachers with new tools
- reduce barriers to learning
- provide opportunity for every student to experience success.
- upskill classroom teachers with new tools
- reduce barriers to learning
- provide opportunity for every student to experience success.
1C Leading inclusion
Practical ways to embed inclusion authentically into your school’s culture, systems, and strategic planning.
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Lunch, networking and exhibition
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Workshop choices two
2A Uncovering giftedness
What if giftedness isn’t rare – just often overlooked?
Explore what it truly means to be ‘gifted’ and learn how to identify and nurture emerging talent in children.
Explore what it truly means to be ‘gifted’ and learn how to identify and nurture emerging talent in children.
2B Working with parents
Consult and collaborate with international families.
Deepen partnership and engage parents to play a central part in contributing to their child’s success.
Deepen partnership and engage parents to play a central part in contributing to their child’s success.
2C Unpack behaviours
Gain practical tools to interpret and respond effectively to challenging behaviours.
Understand the communication behind the behaviour.
Build positive, supportive connections that foster readiness to learn.
Understand the communication behind the behaviour.
Build positive, supportive connections that foster readiness to learn.
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Afternoon refreshments, networking and exhibition
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Workshop choices three
3A Neurodiversity
Create a classroom environment where neurodiverse students thrive. Gain tools to remove barriers to their learning and build equity.
3B Personalised pathways
Unpack ideas for personalised pathways and develop your school-to-work transition programmes and strategies.
3C Equitable learning with AI
Use assistive technology and AI to increase engagement, personalise learning, and ensure equitable access to learning.
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A vision for inclusive education
Inclusive projects: pitfalls, wins and lessons learned.
Mental Health and Wellbeing
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Registration, networking and exhibition
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Welcome from Optimus Education
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Looking forward
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Cultivating empathy
Our empathic ability is declining with measurable consequences in student wellbeing.
Build a school culture that supports healthy interdependence and fosters genuine emotional connection.
Build a school culture that supports healthy interdependence and fosters genuine emotional connection.
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Staff wellbeing in practice
Take away proven strategies to:
- deepen your staff wellbeing provision
- create a collaborative and supportive environment with safe spaces, balance and higher work satisfaction.
- deepen your staff wellbeing provision
- create a collaborative and supportive environment with safe spaces, balance and higher work satisfaction.
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Build belonging
How to build a culture of belonging and wellbeing across your diverse, international student community.
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Morning refreshments, networking and exhibition
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Workshop choices one
1A Promote positive student relationships
Support young people to strengthen their communication and social skills, resolve conflicts, and gain strategies to identify, respond to and reduce bullying.
1B Strengthen mental health and wellbeing through student and parent voice
Discover how active parental engagement in multicultural contexts:
- fosters belonging
- fosters shared responsibility
- improves wellbeing for students and families.
Embed student and parent voice to strengthen trust, build resilient partnerships, and enhance wellbeing outcomes.
- fosters belonging
- fosters shared responsibility
- improves wellbeing for students and families.
Embed student and parent voice to strengthen trust, build resilient partnerships, and enhance wellbeing outcomes.
1C EAL and ELL wellbeing
Enhance the mental health of English language learners and improve their experiences with social integration, assessment and attainment.
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Lunch, networking and exhibition
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Workshop choices two
2A Third Culture Kids: Navigating identity in a global age
Third Culture Kids live “in between” languages, cultures, and worlds, bringing both challenges and hidden strengths.
Develop a deeper understanding of TCK struggles while also unlocking the creativity, empathy, and resilience that often make them global change-makers.
Develop a deeper understanding of TCK struggles while also unlocking the creativity, empathy, and resilience that often make them global change-makers.
2B Data-driven decisions: from survey to impact
Measuring pupil wellbeing is crucial for identifying concerns, guiding targeted actions, and designing responsive interventions. Explore practical, effective strategies to monitor wellbeing, track progress, and transform data into meaningful actions that drives real change.
2C Support emotional intelligence: primary classrooms
Support children to identify, understand and manage their feelings and behaviour using practical strategies like the Zones of Regulation framework.
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Afternoon refreshments, networking and exhibition
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Workshop choices three
3A Confident conversations: mental health
Foster a culture of open, supportive, and stigma-free conversations around mental health and risk.
Explore the impact of self-stigma on self-esteem and resilience.
Highlight the key factors that support effective intervention.
Explore the impact of self-stigma on self-esteem and resilience.
Highlight the key factors that support effective intervention.
3B Early identification and intervention: mental health
Develop your systems and protocols to:
- identify and address mental health concerns early
- recognise behaviours of concern.
Take away a toolkit for first response.
- identify and address mental health concerns early
- recognise behaviours of concern.
Take away a toolkit for first response.
3C Perfectionism and pressure
Unpack what drives perfectionism and take away practical tools to:
- ease anxiety
- tackle avoidance
- prevent burnout.
Help perfectionism become a bridge to confident, balanced achievement.
- ease anxiety
- tackle avoidance
- prevent burnout.
Help perfectionism become a bridge to confident, balanced achievement.
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Building belonging in multicultural school communities
Create an inclusive and engaged international school community where diversity is celebrated and every stakeholder feels valued and connected.
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Reflection and next steps