Beyond Physical Walls: How Online Schools Are Transforming Education for Disenfranchised Learners

When 1.6 million pupils are persistently absent from school (Centre for Social Justice, 2025), it’s not a compliance problem – it’s a design failure. On Tuesday 3 June, join radical education practitioners and researchers at our virtual conference as we challenge the very premise that physical school buildings are necessary or beneficial for an increasing number of students.

What to expect

Featuring speakers from leading UK and international online schools, this isn’t about “getting kids back to school.” It’s about reimagining what school means when:

Neurodiverse students are disproportionately removed from class or excluded
School-based anxiety and trauma make physical attendance actively damaging
Students with SEND and SEMH challenges are pathologised rather than accommodated
Families are rejecting traditional schooling and electively home educating
Relationships with parents become learning partnerships

For teachers, headteachers, SENCOs and all educators interested in liberation from brick-and-mortar constraints and reconnecting with students and families through online education.

Details

June 3, 2025

9:00 am

- 5:00 PM

Free