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Vanessa Wallden

Head of Special Phase and Inclusion, The Howard Partnership Trust
Vanessa has been a teacher and leader for over 20 years across all phases. Specialising in language development in maths and autism for her MEd, Vanessa was pivotal in setting up and leading the first centre for applied behaviour analysis and autism within Richmond. She was awarded her NPQH in 2014, before joining The Howard Partnership Trust in Surrey, as a Head of School, becoming Executive Head in 2018. Appointed to her current role as THPT Head of Specialist & Inclusion in January 2021, Vanessa led the special phase merger into the trust and in 2024 successfully completed her NPQEL. Vanessa continues to lead inclusion and the SEND continuum across all three phases in THPT, passionate in her commitment to enabling equity for all and ensuring that children meet and exceed their own aspirations and are prepared for their futures.

1 Workshop series one

Enacting inclusive provision through the power of peer review

<span class="TextRun SCXW52861433 BCX8" lang="EN-GB" xml:lang="EN-GB" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52861433 BCX8">Peer reviews are a structure that can mobilise expertise within and across schools and trusts. In this workshop, Toni Bailey of Creative Education Trust and Vanessa Wallden of The Howard Partnership Trust will discuss ways in which peer reviews have been a vehicle to improve provision for pupils with SEND. The conversation will share examples of how they have been used to ensure learning and knowledge-building between mainstream and specialist settings.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW52861433 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"> </span>