Speakers
2026 Keynote Speakers
Hywel Roberts
Teacher, Writer, Storyteller & Humourist
Matthew Burton
Headteacher
Thornhill Community Academy featured in Educating Yorkshire
Speakers
Cate Marsden
Director of External Partnerships
Woodbridge Trust
Clare Wilson
Head of Digital Traded Services
Education Data Hub
Department for Education (DfE)
Duncan Cornish
Youth Content Manager
Financial Times FLIC
Huw Lloyd
Behaviour Specialist
CPI International
Jo Olsson
Senior HMI
Ofsted
Rachel Berry
Specialist SEND Teacher
Woodbridge SEND Service
Rachel Younger
NAHT Immediate past president
NAHT
Rowena Hicks
Education Speaker, Author and Coach
Ruth Gately
Specialist Lead Adviser (SEND)
The Education People
Simon Holden
Founder
SafeHire ai
Sophie Hutton
Speech and Language Therapist & CEO
The Nest - specialist nursery
Thom Winterbotham
Curriculum Lead
Life Lessons
Previous Speakers
Matt Bromley
Education Journalist, Author, and Advisor
Bledd Hughes
Inclusion Lead and SENDCo & Pendle Education Trust SEND Collaboration Lead
West Craven High School
The Mayor of Bolton – Councillor David Chadwick
Gemma Scotcher
Director of Communications and Public Affairs
Education Support
Ollie Frith
Behaviour Specialist
CPI International
Mary Myatt
Education Adviser, Writer and Speaker
Dave McPartlin
Flakefleet Primary School
Headteacher
Paul Stone
CEO
Discovery Trust
John Cunliffe
Specialist Financial Advisor
Wesleyan
Natalie Moore
Regional Headteacher, SENDCO and ALNCO
Educ8
Maria Taylor
International Director of Training
CPI International
June Stevenson
Head of School Surveys
Teacher Tapp
Kevin Hartley
Senior Consultant
NSPCC
