Name: What roles can local authorities really play in reducing absence & exclusions? (Panel Discussion)
Start: 2025-01-11T11:25:00+0000
End: 2025-01-11T12:05:00+0000

IncludEd 2025 promises high quality professional development aimed at building inclusive schools and improving outcomes for ALL students.

If you’re looking for a blend of research, practical expertise, and lived experience, while networking with a like-minded community of practitioners, you’ve come to the right place.

You can see details of this year’s IncludEd 2025 sessions and speakers below.

For more information about IncludEd, or if you don’t yet have a ticket, you can buy one HERE
Find out more about The Difference HERE

We look forward to seeing you on January 11th!

Saturday January 11, 2025 11:25am - 12:05pm GMT

C3.11

Join Janice Allen, Maureen McKenna, Florence Kroll and The Difference's Irene Ogunseitan as they discuss what role local authorities can play in reducing absence and exclusion.

Speakers

Irene Ogunseitan

Programme and Communications Lead, The Difference

Irene is the Programme and Communications Lead at The Difference. With over 20 years of teaching experience, she holds a Master’s in Education and Policy and specialises in inclusion and behaviour. As part of The Difference’s pioneer cohort of Difference Leaders, Irene worked... Read More →

Janice Allen

Director, The Education Community Partnership

Janice was previously a Secondary School Headteacher. For the past eighteen months, since going solo, she has worked across secure settings, Alternative Provisions and with Right to Succeed on place based partnerships.

Maureen McKenna

Greater Glasgow Area, Former Executive Director of Education

Maureen was a mathematics teacher in a range of secondary schools in the north east and west of Scotland.In 2000, she joined Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education, where she inspected a wide range of schools as well as education authorities and child protection. Maureen held a... Read More →

Florence Kroll

Director of Children's Services, Royal Borough of Greenwich

Florence has been the Director of Children’s Services in Greenwich since September 2016. She qualified as a social worker in 1991 and has worked in a range of voluntary and statutory settings predominately in family and adolescent services including youth justice. Florence values... Read More →

Saturday January 11, 2025 11:25am - 12:05pm GMT
C3.11 Institute of Education, UCL, 20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL

Round One Session

IncludEd 2025

Irene Ogunseitan

Janice Allen

Maureen McKenna

Florence Kroll

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