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A full-day conference featuring five stages of leading national experts

1000
Delegates

20+
National Speakers

5
Stages

A full-day conference featuring five stages of leading national experts

1000
Delegates

20+
National Speakers

5
Stages

A full-day conference featuring
five stages of leading national experts

1000 Delegates

20+ National Speakers

5 Stages

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What do we want the next decade in education to look like?

An education system that champions imagination, freedom of expression, equity and inclusion should be the pathway to success on offer to every young person.

The Next Decade Conference will bring leading experts together for a day of Next Decade thinking. Renowned author and broadcaster Matthew Syed will set the tone for the day before a wide array of experts will take platforms on inclusion, creativity, unconditional positive regard, levelling-the-playing-field and what we can learn from research. Leaders and practitioners will be immersed in philosophies, provoked to challenge perspectives and practice and will have the opportunity to forge connections with other like-minded individuals.

This is our time to author the future of education in England. Join us for what is certain to be an inspiring and thought-provoking day, for if it is not to be us who author The Next Decade, then who?

Five Stages

Keynote Speakers

Matthew Syed

Journalist. Broadcaster. Author: ‘Rebel Ideas’, ‘Black Box Thinking’, ‘Bounce’ & more.

Dave Whitaker

National Relational Practice Expert. Chief Education Officer. Author: ‘The Kindness Principle’

Hywel Roberts

DThe Travelling Teacher. Pedagogy Philosopher. Author: ‘Botherdness’ & more.

Mark Wilson

National Leader of Education. CEO Wellspring Trust. Founder: ‘The Next Decade’. 

Dr Suzanne Zeedyk

Psychologist. Research Scientist. Author: ‘Nurturing […] Development in Early Childhood.’

Mark Finnis

Director L30 Relational Systems. Author: ‘Restorative Practice’.

Luke Mitchell

Head of Positive Regard. National Behaviour Expert. Practitioner in schools.

Lando Du Plooy

Founder of Education4Change. Headteacher. Chair of Governors. HMI.