An Inside Look at Impact Issue 24: Adaptive Teaching and Inclusive Pedagogy

Join us for an inside look at our award-winning Impact publication, exploring Issue 24 (Summer 2025).
This issue will focus on building the skills and knowledge to support adaptive teaching that will help all students to access learning. The issue will include discussions of how to foster inclusive learning environments, how to adopt adaptive classroom practices, how to support all students through excellent SEND provision, how to build effective approaches to support student mental health, as well as supporting beginner and early career teachers to develop inclusive teaching practices.

This webinar is chaired by Dr Chandrika Devarakonda, Guest Editor of Issue 24 and Associate Professor at University of Chester

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Speakers: 

Laura Horton – Pastoral Support Manager, Central Foundation Girls’ School

Laura is currently the Pastoral Support Manager at an inner London secondary state school. She brings over a decade of experience in education as a teacher and school leader, having worked as a history teacher and head of year in an outer London secondary school, and then going on to become head of sixth form and serving as assistant headteacher. Laura holds a BA in History and a PGCE in Secondary History from the University of York. Her professional interests lie in integrating pedagogical research, such as Rosenshine’s principles, with trauma-informed practice, with a strong focus on reducing school exclusions while ensuring that all students can access the full breadth of the mainstream school experience.

Mark Leswell – Research Lead, Swale Academies Trust

Mark Leswell is the Trust Research Lead at Swale Academies Trust, driving research-informed strategies to embed sustainable school improvement across the trust. His work focuses on closing the gap between evidence and practice to benefit schools in varied contexts.