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Creating Diverse & Inclusive Primary Classrooms Conference

Join Us for a Day of Insight, Innovation & Practical Strategies

Are you passionate about creating a truly inclusive learning environment? Do you want practical, evidence-based strategies to support every child in your classroom?

This conference is designed for educators, school leaders, and inclusion specialists who are committed to fostering diverse, supportive, and empowering learning spaces.

Wednesday 4th June 2025

📍Burnley FC, Turf Moor,Burnley, BB10 4BX

Please note registration for tickets has now closed!

What to Expect

This conference is exclusively for schools who are members of Districts 1, 12 and 14 and is suitable for SLT's, Behaviour Leads and SENDco staff members.

We want to develop understanding and share practical evidence informed knowldge to give staff the understanding and information theu need to support children in your care.

Why Attend?

Expert Insights

Learn from leading specialists in inclusion, autism support, ADHD strategies, and restorative approaches.

Practical Workshops

Choose from a range of workshops tailored to your needs, providing actionable strategies to implement immediately.

Resource-Packed USB

Walk away with a USB containing PowerPoints, tools, and key resources to support your work.

Collaborative Learning

Connect with like-minded professionals who share your passion for inclusion.

Introducing our Keynote Speaker

An internationally respected face of child and adolescent mental health, Pooky works tirelessly to ‘be the change she wants to see’. A prolific keynote speaker, lecturer, trainer and author, she develops and shares practical, evidence-informed approaches to promoting mental health – arming health, social care and education staff with the skills, understanding and knowledge they need to support the children in their care.

Pooky has a PhD in child mental health from the Institute of Psychiatry, is the author of many books, is the research and development director at Creative Education and is a former chair of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition. She lives in Sussex and has two daughters and three dogs. She’s a keen climber an amateur knitter and a tenor in her local choir. She lives with PTSD and autism.

You can follow Pooky on Twitter

“Pooky is an inspirational speaker. From the minute she started,

everyone was hooked and the engagement continued well after the

session, with colleagues continuing to discuss what they had heard.”

- Hannah Easthope, Headteacher St Luke's C of E Primary School

“From the start, Pooky had the audience gripped. Her qualifications, knowledge and personal experience place her well for such events but it is not just what you know it is how it is delivered and, on both counts, Pooky scores top marks.”

- Mr Mike Piercy, Headteacher, New Beacon School

“Pooky’s passion for supporting young people is thoroughly infectious...

partly due to the depth and breadth of her knowledge and also due

to her ability to relate theoretical knowledge to real, tangible

examples.”

- Gray Foster Felton, SEND lead, Girls Day School Trust

Please note: This conference is only available to DIstrict 1, District 12 and District 14 members, and there are limited places available. Tickets are on a first come, first served basis, and we need to verify your school qualifies for tickets before issuing them.