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Across the two days, attendees can select from over 220 sessions. We’ve condensed this year’s content to ensure great value for attendees. Alongside our festival keynote speeches, there will be a selection of strands covering topics including Artificial Intelligence, Ofsted, Cognitive Science, SEND and sustainability. Plus, we will have our usual diverse line-up of Festival sessions covering a broad spectrum of topics for all educators.
We will start announcing Festival Keynotes in March. Festival strand and session information will be released from late April.
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Friday, July 7 • 11:45am - 12:30pm
Panel: Cultivating pupil wellbeing

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Amid what many are calling a mental health crisis for young people, pressure is growing on schools to go far beyond their educational role and to step in where services no longer have capacity to help.

But how much can schools really do? Is there an evidence base for interventions that work? And what is the toll on an already overworked profession?
Speakers
avatar for Meg Zeenat Wamithi

Meg Zeenat Wamithi

Chief executive, MindMapper UK
Meg Zeenat Wamithi is a global mental health leader and consultant. Originally from Milton Keynes, hers was the only black family in the neighbourhood, making it difficult for Meg to find positive role models who shared her background, especially as many of her peers were being suspended... Read More →
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Caroline Barlow

Headteacher, Heathfield Community College
Caroline Barlow is Headteacher of Heathfield Community College a large 11-18 comprehensive maintained school in East Sussex and until January 2022 Chair of the East Sussex Secondary Headteachers Strategic Group. She has over 20 years’ experience in education senior leadership and... Read More →
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Vic Goddard

Co-principal, Passmores Academy
Vic Goddard is proud to be a council estate boy from South London but suffers the curse of therefore being a Crystal Palace Fan; if you caught any of ‘Educating Essex’ he was probably the one crying. Vic, from a young age, wanted to be a PE teacher and following his degree course... Read More →
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Kadra Abdinasir

Associate Director for Children and Young People’s Mental Health, Centre for Mental Health
Kadra Abdinasir is Associate Director for Children and Young People’s Mental Health at Centre for Mental Health. She leads the Centre’s research and policy in this area to help improve the lives of children and young people. She is also Strategic Lead for the Children and Young... Read More →

Friday July 7, 2023 11:45am - 12:30pm BST
Venue 11
  Student Wellbeing, Mentally healthy schools strand