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Teach and Inspire

Positively Impacting Learning and Play

Dr james mannion
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Dr James Mannion
Dr James Mannion is Director of Rethinking Education, a teacher training organisation focused on implementation science, self-regulated learning, and practitioner inquiry. A former teacher with a PhD from Cambridge, he is also a keynote speaker, author, and host of the Rethinking Education podcast with over 500,000 downloads.
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Emma Neal

Emma Neal is Director of Evidenced Education and an Early Years Advisor. She supports schools and trusts to establish and improve early years provision, including school-based nurseries. With expertise in curriculum development and leadership, Emma works nationally as a consultant, trainer, and DfE Expert in early education improvement.

Suzanne Dunn
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Suzanne Dunn
As someone who has worked both in and alongside schools and early years settings for more than fifteen years, I am completely committed to facilitating a good education for all the children I work with and creating a positive experience for those working with children. In the ten years I spent working as a teacher and leading the Early Years, I was (and still am) completely dedicated to raising standards and accelerating children’s progress.
Davies White Architects
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Davies White
Adam White FLI and Andrée Davies FLI are directors of Davies White Ltd, an award-winning landscape architecture practice. Renowned for nature-based, inclusive play spaces, their work connects children with nature. With two RHS Gold Medals, they lead internationally recognised projects, championing biodiversity, wellbeing, and creativity through playful, sustainable design.
 
Liz Kearney
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Liz Kearney
Since 2007, Liz Kearney has led Beddington Infants’ School with a child-centred, joyful approach to learning. Inspired by her own challenges, she developed "Learning Naturally," an evolving, active method praised by Ofsted (2023) where children thrive as empowered partners in their education.
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Ruth Gately
With over 30 years’ experience in education, Ruth now works with The Education People, as their SEND specialist, providing training, support, advice and strategies for school leaders and SENCOs, ensuring that high quality inclusive practice is central to all schools.
Leading a primary school is no walk in the park. Tight budgets, growing numbers of SEND students and increasing requirements on teaching staff make schools challenging environments to work in.  

Teach and Inspire is a free-to-attend, one day event including workshops and addresses from advisors and leaders in early years education, providing ideas, insight and inspiration to help navigate these hurdles and find solutions, improving educational environments.  

Hosted by Community Playthings at our location in Nonington, East Kent, Teach and Inspire welcomes Headteachers and Heads of Early Years.  Join us at this grand site, once home to the Nonington College of Physical Education. 

Begin a long weekend with a day to relax, network with colleagues and advisors and enjoy a Community Playthings factory tour, to see where our well-known furniture and play equipment is made. Make a product to take home with you. This is a fully catered event and will run from 09:30–16:15. Free parking on site.

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