This one day online conference will look at priorities for supporting educational attainment in England in the wake of the pandemic and approaches to support disadvantaged families.

It will be a timely opportunity to consider what can be learned from initiatives and policies that were brought in to help support education through the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the National Tutoring Programme and the education recovery package.

Delegates will assess what has been effective in delivering intended improvements in terms of attainment and provision, as well as in providing the necessary assistance to the sector and its workforce.

Further discussion looks at priorities for education recovery in the context of recent reforms, including the revised EYFS framework and the implementation of Reception Baseline Assessments from September 2021.

Keynote contributions will be hear from:
• Graham Archer, Director for Education Recovery, Department for Education
• Ben Jordan, Senior Policy Unit Manager, UCAS
• Neil Leitch, Chief Executive Officer, Early Years Alliance.

This is a full-scale conference taking place online and will include:
• full, four-hour programme including comfort breaks - delegates will also get a full recording and transcript to refer back to
• information-rich discussion involving key policymakers and stakeholders
• conference materials provided in advance, including speaker biographies
• speakers presenting via webcam, accompanied by slides if they wish, using the Cisco WebEx professional online conference platform
• opportunities for live delegate questions and comments with all speakers
• a recording of the addresses, all slides cleared by speakers, and further materials, is made available to all delegates afterwards as a permanent record of the proceedings
• delegates are able to add their own written comments and articles following the conference, to be distributed to all attendees and more widely
• networking too - there will be opportunities for delegates to e-meet and interact.

Full information and guidance on how to take part will be sent to delegates before the conference.