Panel - The power of play in a future education system

This panel will explore how active play can shape the future of education, supporting children’s development, wellbeing, and learning potential.

Key takeaways:

• Understand the current state of active play in education and why opportunities are being lost.
• Explore the neurological, physiological, and developmental benefits of active play.
• Hear expert insights on how play supports learning, creativity, and social development.
• Discover practical ways to reintroduce active play into the heart of childhood and schools.

Well Schools focus: Move Well

Panel - Education’s new horizon: Building a happier, healthier generation

This panel brings together education leaders and policy experts to explore the changing landscape of UK education and the opportunities to build a system that supports a happy, healthy generation of young people.

Key takeaways:

• Gain insight into the latest national reforms, including the Curriculum and Assessment Review, the Enrichment Framework, the SEND Review, Ofsted reform, school profiles, and the new Education White Paper.
• Understand the wider implications of these initiatives across the education sector.
• Explore the potential impact of policy change on PE, school sport, and play.
• Identify practical opportunities for schools to embed wellbeing and active learning in future education models.

Well Schools focus: Well Culture

Panel - The power of Enrichment: A framework for every child, every setting

This session explores how the Enrichment Framework can help every child thrive through sport, the arts, and wider experiences, connecting national policy with real-world practice.

Key takeaways:

• Understand the purpose and vision of the Enrichment Framework and its role in supporting children’s development.
• Explore how schools across different settings – including primary, secondary, alternative provision, and MATs – are bringing the framework to life.
• Hear directly from policy authors and practitioners on implementation and impact.
• Discover how enrichment can drive inclusion, aspiration, and whole-school improvement.

Well Schools focus: Move Well, Well Culture

Workshop - The impact of the Curriculum Assessment Review: Implications for school curriculum

This session explores how the recent updates from the Curriculum Assessment Review can be implemented effectively in schools. It investigates both the opportunities and challenges these changes present across the wider school curriculum.

Key takeaways:

• Understand the purpose and vision of the Curriculum Assessment Review and the implications for the PE curriculum in Primary, Secondary, and Special settings.
• Explore how schools across different settings are planning for and implementing the proposed changes.
• Look at wider opportunities from changes to the wider curriculum and how these can be harnessed to promote health and wellbeing across schools.

Well Schools focus: Move Well

Panel - Is a joined-up PE and School Sport system the key to 60 active minutes?

This panel explores what a truly unified PE and School Sport system could look like, and how collaboration between the Department for Education, local School Sport Network Leaders, and national stakeholders can make 60 minutes of daily physical activity a reality for every child.

Key takeaways:

• Understand the vision for a high-impact, joined-up PE and School Sport system.
• Explore the role and ambition of the new PE and School Sport network.
• Examine how national strategy can be effectively translated into local implementation.

Well Schools focus: Move Well

Panel - Improving the health of the Class of 2035

A panel discussion sharing the conclusions and outcomes of the Youth Sport Trust, Class of 2035 Commission, chaired by Dr Paula Franklin.

Key takeaways:

• Reflect on the key insights from the Class 2035 report.
• Hear insights from globally respected health professionals on the concerning health trends of inactive young people.
• Explore recommendations made to policymakers and practitioners.

Well Schools focus: Lead Well, Move Well

Rob Hopkins

Rob Hopkins is the co-founder of Transition Network and Transition Town Totnes, and author of books including The Transition Handbook and From What Is to What If. An Ashoka Fellow and TED Global speaker, he has hosted 100 episodes of his podcast From What If to What Next and appears in the film Demain.

His upcoming projects include the music album Field Recordings from the Future with artist Mr Kit and his new book How to Fall in Love with the Future. In his spare time, he enjoys drawing and creating drypoint etchings.

Workshop - A playing child is a learning child

This workshop will share the findings and principles from the 'Place of Play in Schools' report with practical suggestions and top tips on how to include active play in your school.

The session will cover:

• The evidence linking play with children's development and learning.
• The absence of play and the rise of mental health, neurodiversity, and development challenges.
• The place of play in highly engaged learners.
• Practical approaches to active play at the heart of school life.

Well Schools focus: Move Well

Workshop - The journey of a Well School: From start to accreditation with lessons and tips from Beacon Schools

Follow the journey of becoming a Well School - from first steps to full accreditation - and hear practical insights from Beacon Schools on embedding wellbeing, movement, and whole-school culture.

Key takeaways:

• Understand the staged journey from starting your Well School approach through to accreditation.
• Learn how schools have introduced the Well School principles to staff, governors, and pupils.
• Explore practical examples of adapting the curriculum, considering uniform, and measuring movement and wellbeing.
• Gain tips and lessons from Beacon Schools on sustaining change and making wellbeing central to school life.

Well Schools focus: Well Culture, Lead Well, Move Well, Live Well

Workshop - From childhood to womanhood: Supporting girls in PE, sport, and activity

This workshop explores the complex journey girls experience through puberty and adolescence, and the vital role educators play in building supportive, inclusive, and empowering environments for them to thrive in PE, sport, and physical activity.

Key takeaways:

• Understand the physical, emotional, and social challenges girls face during puberty and how these impact engagement in PE and sport.
• Hear directly from young women and The Female Puberty and Physical Activity Group about the barriers and opportunities identified through lived experience.
• Explore practical examples of inclusive school practice that support girls’ confidence, participation and wellbeing.
• Take part in youth-led, co-designed solution building to help shape a more supportive future for girls in education.

Well Schools focus: Move Well, Live Well

Workshop - How to lead a Well School Trust: Examples of practice in school improvement across Multi Academy Trusts

This workshop explores how Multi Academy Trusts are driving improvement by adopting a Well School approach, placing PE, sport and play at the centre of culture, curriculum and wellbeing. 

Key takeaways:

• Understand how a Well School approach can be embedded at Trust level to support whole-school improvement.
• Learn how physical literacy can shape a trust-wide PE curriculum and strengthen progression.
• Explore the design of impactful enrichment offers that benefit all pupils across multiple schools.
• Hear how Trusts are improving staff wellbeing and culture through shared values and consistent practice.

Well Schools focus: Well Culture, Well Led, Move Well, Live Well

Workshop - Move more, exclude less: Lessons from a zero-exclusion school

This session explores how a range of strategies, many rooted in physical activity, have helped Burnley High School achieve a zero-exclusion policy within a mainstream, mixed comprehensive setting.

Key takeaways:

• Setting the vision and ambition for zero exclusions.
• Successful strategies embracing physical activity, sport and wellbeing.
• What worked - and what didn’t.

Well Schools focus: Move Well, Well Culture

Workshop - Empowering futures: The role of sport and leadership for young people at risk of NEET

This session explores how sport and leadership development can support young people at risk of becoming NEET, helping to build resilience, aspiration, and readiness for future education and employment.

Key takeaways:

• Discover how sport and leadership can transform outcomes for young people at risk of not fulfilling their potential.
• Learn from the Youth Sport Trust’s Set for Success and Generation Charnwood programmes and their impact on young people’s engagement and wellbeing.
• Hear practical examples of how schools and settings have embedded these approaches to improve attendance, behaviour, and future pathways.
• Take away actionable strategies to support young people at risk of becoming NEET through curriculum, enrichment, and pastoral practice.

Well Schools focus: Live Well

Dwayne Fields

Dwayne Fields is the UK Chief Scout, succeeding Bear Grylls in 2024, and the first Black Briton to walk over 400 miles to the Magnetic North Pole. He leads young people and volunteers across the UK, inspiring adventure, resilience, and personal growth.

A celebrated adventurer and storyteller, Dwayne has fronted major TV series including Channel 5’s Endurance: Race to the Nile and the BAFTA-nominated Endurance: Race to the Pole. He has also guided Will Smith on global expeditions for Disney+/National Geographic’s Welcome to Earth and pushed his own limits in Seven Toughest Days.

Workshop - From breakfast to home: Ensuring every child moves

This dynamic workshop explores practical, whole-day strategies to embed meaningful physical activity into the daily lives of all children, from morning routines to after-school life.

Key takeaways:

• Understand the evidence behind the 24-Hour Movement Model and the balance between activity, sedentary time, and sleep for healthy child development.
• Learn how a new London Marathon-backed project is helping young people achieve an additional ten minutes of movement each day.
• Explore simple, low-cost approaches to helping every child ‘Move Well’ throughout the school day.
• Take away practical tools to extend movement beyond the school gates and into home life.

Well Schools focus: Move Well

Workshop - Always Active Uniforms: Unlocking healthier, happier school days

Discover how a simple change in school uniforms can unlock healthier, happier, and more active days for every pupil.

Key takeaways:

• Understand how Always Active Uniforms can remove barriers to PE, sport, and daily movement.
• Learn from real-life school case studies about implementing movement-friendly uniforms.
• Explore insights from the pilot project
• Gain practical ideas to help your school embrace a culture of daily activity and confidence.

Well Schools focus: Move Well

Workshop - Intentional Enrichment and the impact on school outcomes

This workshop examines how schools and Multi Academy Trusts (MATs) design, deliver, and evaluate the impact of their enrichment offer on wider school outcomes.

Key takeaways:

• Hear from diverse schools on the intent of their enrichment offer, including the intended audience and outcomes they aim to achieve.
• Discover different approaches to understanding engagement and impact.
• Identify practical strategies and consider next steps to evolving your school and MATs offer.

Well Schools focus: Lead Well, Well Culture

Workshop - Trauma, dysregulation and the role of Sport Sanctuaries in schools

This session explores the impact of dysregulation on learning and the role of movement. We’ll examine how physical activity can support emotional recovery, foster resilience, and create safe, nurturing environments, particularly for those impacted by trauma. 

Key takeaways:

• Understand the intersection between trauma-informed practice and movement.
• Explore how sport sanctuaries can be used to create psychologically safe environments for vulnerable young people.
• Learn from real-world examples and emerging practices in schools.
• Identify practical strategies to embed sport sanctuary principles into wider school life,
• Access a free hard copy resource to support you in adopting techniques and activities.

Well Schools focus: Move Well, Live Well, Well Culture

Panel - Building active, healthy, and connected communities: What is a school’s role?

This interactive workshop explores how collaboration across schools, communities, and systems, through whole-system, place-based partnerships, can harness the power of play and sport to transform outcomes for children and young people.

Key takeaways:

• Delegates will leave with a deeper understanding of how whole system, place-based approaches can move beyond individual programmes to build a movement for change.
• Consider different ways schools and system partners can collaborate to support active, healthy lives for children and families.
• Reflect on the opportunities, challenges, and practical next steps for schools.

Well Schools focus: Move Well

Workshop - Developing skills for life through leadership in sport and play: Beyond opportunity, celebrating impact

This workshop explores how leadership through sport and play can be used as a powerful tool to develop life skills in young people, moving beyond simply offering opportunities to meaningfully recognising and celebrating their impact.

Key takeaways:

• Understand how leadership opportunities in sport and play can contribute to young people’s confidence, communication, teamwork, and sense of agency.
• Explore strategies for embedding leadership approaches into everyday school and enrichment practice.
• Learn how schools and organisations are recognising and celebrating young people’s contributions, including learning from the Youth Sport Trust Young Leaders Reward and Recognition Scheme pilot.
• Hear examples of how leadership experiences can positively influence school culture, peer relationships, and wider community participation.

Well Schools focus: Live Well