Amelie Thompson

Assistant Director of Education (SEND and Specialist Provision), Greenshaw Learning Trust

Amelie is Assistant Director of Education (SEND and Specialist Provision) at Greenshaw Learning Trust. She is also a Trustee at Leo Academy Trust and is its safeguarding/SEND trustee. Amelie is also regional lead for Whole School SEND in the London region and was a lead author on the Department for Education commissioned Whole School SEND Teacher Handbook: SEND - Embedding Inclusive Practice. Amelie has extensive leadership experience and is passionate about strong system leadership, including governance, that challenges and enables all leaders to deliver on distributed leadership for SEND. Amelie has worked in several roles, including as SENCO, head of inclusion and headteacher and in all these roles focused on developing school-wide systems that built inclusive practices so that all children can thrive.

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Upholding dignity and delivery equity: Harnessing collaboration and learning from lived experience

<span class="TextRun SCXW218483188 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW218483188 BCX8">This session will discuss research and cross-sector case studies that exemplify how harnessing collaboration and learning from lived experience is central to upholding dignity and delivering equitable whole school inclusion: lead from the top and build from the universal up. Ellie Costello of Square Peg and Amelie Thompson of Greenshaw Learning Trust (37 schools) will explore principles and practical strategies to build a systemic and systematic approach for authentic and meaningful co-production. They will highlight opportunities this offers trust leaders in achieving the paradigm shift required for equitable whole school inclusion.</span></span>