Preventing ‘lost learning’ through increasing attendance and reducing exclusions

Children & Young People Now conference in partnership with TCES 
12th February 2025
Hallam Conference Centre, central London


This one-day conference will discuss the new government’s drive to boost school attendance and pupils’ engagement with learning. It will provide a range of ideas for innovative and impactful practice to apply in your own setting and examine the latest evidence on what improves outcomes for this vulnerable group of children.

The conference will bring together system leaders, decision makers and frontline practitioners across public, private and third 
sector organisations who work with children who struggle to engage in education.

The conference is designed for:
  • Educational psychologists
  • Education welfare officers
  • SENDCOs
  • School governors
  • Primary and secondary school headteachers and deputies
  • Heads of year
  • Family support workers/Attendance officers
  • Teachers
  • Heads of department or subject leads
  • Headteachers & SLT
  • Local authority children’s and families’ services
  • Commissioners of services
  • Youth service leaders
  • Children and family social workers
  • Early help managers, co-ordinators and practitioners
  • Family help and family support managers
  • Assistant directors, and directors of children’s services
  • Commissioners
  • Heads of service
  • Children's social workers
  • Heads of evaluation and evidence