How can assessment be inclusive?

This webinar explores how schools can adapt quickly, support students at different starting points, and maintain meaningful progress through disruption.   Join Lee Dabagia , Principal at Summit International School , Dr. Tim Hughes , Director of Academic Quality Assurance & School Improvement at Bloom Education , Gemma Thornley , Principal at The Arbor School , and other leading practitioners, for a practical discussion on supporting learning continuity, helping students catch up, accelerating progress, and preparing students for a confident transition into the next academic year.   In this session, you'll gain insights to:    Identify unfinished learning and priority skill gaps Use structured and independent learning to accelerate progress Support students at different starting points across flexible learning models Strengthen visibility of progress for teachers, leaders and families Maintain learning continuity without increasing teacher workload Prepare students for a confident academic transition

Every child needs to feel that they belong – to know they are safe, seen and significant. Explore how to create a genuine sense of belonging in early years settings and why this is crucial for mental wellbeing and healthy brain development. Watch the webinar to learn:   Why a strong sense of belonging is so important for young children's development and what it looks like in early years settings How to create inclusive, predictable spaces where children feel secure enough to express themselves and explore Practical ways to listen to children’s voices and involve them in shaping their environment and routines

The Schools White Paper Every Child Achieving and Thriving raises expectations for inclusion - earlier, more consistently, and across every school, backed by £1.8bn in new investment. But for many trusts, the challenge isn’t understanding what’s expected. It’s making it work in practice, at scale. Practice varies between schools. Capacity is stretched. Needs are more complex. What works in one school doesn’t always translate across others. Research from Thrive and ImpactEd, based on over 1,000 education professionals, highlights a clear “inclusion readiness gap” - between expectations and the conditions needed to deliver them. At the same time, £1.8bn in new investment creates a significant opportunity - but only if it’s used to strengthen delivery across the trust. In this session, Tom Preston, Viv Trask-Hall and Liz Murray will share what they’re seeing across the system and what seems to be making a difference. You’ll learn: What the White Paper means in practice for trust-wide inclusion Where delivery tends to break down across schools Why some approaches don’t scale - and what to do instead How to use new investment to build capacity across your trust How to assess and strengthen inclusion readiness

In this webinar, Simon Murphy, Executive Headteacher at Scoill Phurt Le Moireey School, joins Anna Rushby, Chief Product Officer at Juniper Education, to share how his primary school changed its approach to assessment tracking. You’ll hear the practical steps taken to reduce admin, introduce new ways of working, and give teachers more time to focus on pupil progress. A real account of leading change in a school, including what worked and what they would do differently.

Speaker Paula Asad Session information Have you ever felt overwhelmed by stacks of test papers, questioning whether they truly reflect what your learners know or can do? In this practical webinar, we reimagine traditional testing and explore creative strategies to help learners authentically demonstrate their learning. Discover how to use whiteboards and exit tickets for instant feedback, how to apply teach-back methods to deepen understanding and how to design authentic assessments that foster higher-order thinking.

Get the highest quality CPD from experts at your convenience, with nasen's SEND CPD on Demand - The ultimate flexible training resource. This webinar explores how effective data collection and analysis can improve decision making, and have positive impact on SEND provision across settings . • The importance of sound, evidence and data informed decision making • The decisions we make – provision management • What data sets do we use • How do we analyse data and why • The difference evidence based practice makes Full access to this resource is available for £10.

Learn five key relational strategies that adults can use to support children and young people when they are overwhelmed by their emotions. Watch the webinar to learn: Effective strategies to support pupils when emotions feel overwhelming. Suggested practical activities to help embed these approaches in your setting. Ways to create a safe, nurturing environment where pupils feel heard and understood.

What’s next for inclusion - and what will it really take to move from good intentions to embedded practice? Thrive is proud to be forging a new strategic partnership with the International Forums of Inclusion Practitioners (IFIP) - a global community committed to strengthening inclusive practice for every teacher and every learner.  To mark the partnership, join Viv Trask-Hall, recently recognised as a Distinguished Fellow of IFIP, for a relaxed fireside conversation with Daniel Sobel - Chair of IFIP, President of the World Inclusion Congress (WIC), and Chief Exec of Inclusion Expert.  Together, Viv and Daniel will explore what this partnership means in practice, what’s shifting globally in inclusion right now, and Daniel’s vision for Inclusion 2.0 - the next phase of inclusion that moves beyond policy into culture, leadership and everyday practice.  We’ll also dive into questions including: What’s the biggest misconception schools hold about inclusion today? What does inclusion look like when it’s truly embedded — not just talked about? What patterns are emerging internationally, and what can we learn from them? Expect a candid, practical discussion, with space for audience questions and real-world reflections for leaders, practitioners and educators.

We bring together experts with specialisms in SEND, inclusion, alternative provision and more to discuss the SEND Reform: ‘Putting Children and Young People First’. We discuss the challenges, opportunities and gaps in the reforms and share advice on practical next steps for the new academic year and beyond. What the ‘universal offer’ should include to be effective in mainstream education How Individual Support Plans (ISPS) can help provide consistency between school systems supporting transition between different settings What schools need to consider to ensure inclusion bases work well in practice How alternative provision and mainstream settings can work more closely together Clarity on what detail is needed to address gaps in the current documentation and give schools clearer next steps

In the sixth session of the free CODE learning and teaching webinar series , we will explore how we can design assessments that have purpose: to both measure whether students have met their learning outcomes, and also act as a learning opportunity in themselves. We will consider how the purpose of assessment can be to encourage not only learning, but also creativity and criticality, and what this might look like across different disciplines or institutions. How can we do this in the context of GenAI where students might be less motivated to focus on their own thoughts or responses in fear of getting it wrong, or in a situation when they feel too time-poor to successfully complete assessment? This session will explore some answers and approaches to this wicked problem. Purposeful assessment also needs to enable compassion and inclusivity, to ensure that all students feel able to get the most out of assessment opportunity - so these considerations will also be foregrounded during the session. 

Too often, KS3 is seen as a warm-up for the 'real' work of KS4. But what if it’s actually the engine room of thinking, curiosity, and confidence? In this session, Mary talks with Steve Willshaw and Alex Fairlamb about the research supporting a more demanding offer for pupils at Key Stage 3.

What is the webinar about? Children and young people are growing up alongside AI tools that respond instantly, adapt to them, and feel surprisingly conversational. These moments can spark curiosity and connection, but they also introduce pressures that may shape how young people feel, relate and regulate - and the pace of change is faster than our understanding of its emotional impact. Join us for a fireside conversation where Thrive’s Viv Trask-Hall is joined by digital education specialist, Anthony Magee, and Safeguarding and Mental Health GLF Trust Lead, Fiona Jarman, to explore the emerging ways AI is shaping children’s emotional and social worlds, and how schools can respond. You’ll gain a high-level understanding of the emerging impact of AI, drawing on data and behavioural insights, alongside relational perspectives on supporting young people’s wellbeing as technology evolves.