WEBINAR: What are SEND Experts Advising About the Schools White Paper Proposals?

Now that the dust is beginning to settle around the white paper, join our panel of leading SEND and inclusion experts as they discuss the key issues raised and help you lead your teams through the proposed policy shifts.

We’ll be covering the following:

• The key issues leaders need to manage beyond the headlines
• How SENCOs and SLT should prepare for the proposed changes (and potential workload impact)
• The implications of moving to ISPs (Individual Support Plans) 
• Examples of effective use of inclusion bases, TAs and specialist time
• How to reassure parents that their child’s needs will be met
• How you can use your voice to influence change

Date and time:

7.30am – 8.30am, Friday 20 March 2026

Not going to make it? Register anyway and we’ll send you a copy of the recording.

Panellists: 

Margaret Mulholland, SEN and Inclusion Specialist at the Association of School and
College Leaders.

Gary Aubin, Director SENDMattersUK;
Director of SEND for Whole Education;
Education Endowment Foundation SEND Associate.

Rebecca Gonyora, Director of Inclusive Learning  Every Child, Every Day Trust;
Deputy Regional SEN Lead for London (Whole School SEND);
Module Leader and Tutor for Real Training

Dr Siobhan Mellor, Educational Psychologist;
Director of Pedagogy and Learning for Real Training

Moderator:

Dr Mark Turner, Educational Psychologist;
Co-Founder Real Group and Real Training

Recommended for:

SLT/SENCOs from primary, secondary and special settings

Submit a question:

Have a question you’d like our panel to address? Please contact imogen.barber@realgroup.co.uk before the session. There will also be a Q&A session at the end of the webinar.