In this webinar, Helen Bowhay, Director of Initial Teacher Education at the University of Nottingham, will introduce the key findings from her research into the lived experiences of autistic teachers in education.

Drawing on findings from the 2025 Teacher Development Trust report on CPD, this webinar will explore how school and trust leaders can take a strategic, evidence-informed approach to professional development. School and Trust leaders will themselves share practical strategies.

The session will examine how schools can support teachers to develop approaches that reduce barriers to learning and support a wide range of learners to succeed. We will also consider the implications for professional development, including how schools can build shared understanding of inclusive teaching and embed evidence-informed approaches through high-quality PD.

Join us to discuss this question with practitioners and authors specialising in the safe and effective use of AI in education. Discussion will centre around using AI to reduce administrative workload, to boost creativity and support all learners.

The proportion of heads who say they are ‘mostly’ or ‘sometimes sinking’ range from nearly a third in Scotland (30%), to around one in five in England (22%) and Northern Ireland (19%). Common drivers of unsustainability include: poor work-life balance and unreasonable workloads; issues with staff; finance and resource constraints; and SEND, behaviour and inclusion challenges. But not all leaders are in crisis – indeed, several interviewees described headship as “the best job in the world”. The research identifies what sustains leaders and the features of thriving leadership. Paradoxically, for many leaders, the fact that the job is tough is what makes it so rewarding, meaning that leaders can be thriving and sinking at the same time, or, perhaps more accurately, thriving one day or one week, but sinking the next. This webinar explores these findings and the issues they highlight, asking what can be done to make leadership more sustainable across the UK?

Assessment literacy is having the knowledge and skills to design and use effective formative and summative assessments. In this webinar we will explore the principles of good assessment and also the challenges of implementing assessment for different types of learning in primary schools.