The EfL LearningShared Community
When your school, college, AP or other setting invests in Evidence for Learning, you also join and gain access to a rapidly growing nationwide and international community of SEND leaders and practitioners.
EfL is used in over 80% of specialist schools, colleges, alternate provisions throughout the UK and a growing number around the world. It’s also used in hundreds of mainstream schools and settings to support learners with SEND or additional learning needs.
Consequently there’s an incredible wealth of expertise and experience across the EfL LearningShared community and oodles of inspiring practice and innovation that you and your setting can tap into.
Conferences & Networking and Development Events
To capitalise and harness this, we host regional and national conferences, as well as networking and development days around the UK. These events, which are held throughout the year in different parts of the country, bring together leaders and practitioners from schools, colleges, alternative provisions and other settings across each region.
The events are a unique opportunity to share and discuss interpretations and approaches to SEND and inclusion with other leaders and practitioners.
In 2024/25, our EfL LearningShared events brought together over 1,100 leaders and practitioners and we have a new programme of events planned in 2025/26 to give you even more and richer opportunities for CPLD (Continuing Professional and Leadership Development), building out your professional network and developing collaboration with other schools and settings.
Conference & Events Programme
Our 2025/2026 Conference and Events calendar has been announced. We look forward to welcoming you everyone to our next event. Please click on the links below for further information…
EfL Bootcamps:
October
17th Oct North: Hawthorns School, Hyde, SK14 6PJ
24th Oct Midlands: Wilson Stuart School, Birmingham B23 7AT
November
11th Nov London / SE: Swiss Cottage School DRC, London NW8 6HX
21st Nov North: Sunningdale School, Sunderland SR3 2PP
28th Nov Wales: location TBC
December
9th Dec Midlands: St Giles School, Retford DN22 7NJ
SEND in Mainstream
7th Nov and 25th Nov 2025
EfL National Conference
Dates and venues to be released soon!
(North and South locations)
EfL Virtual Events
September 17th – Preparing for life (3:45pm – 5pm)
October 2nd – Enrichment (3:45pm – 5pm)
October 16th – AI – Opportunities and risks (3:45pm – 5pm)
Unique Collaborative CPLD Opportunities
Leaders in SEND - Regional Networking & Development Conferences 2025/26
In addition to workshops and presentations, there will be case studies from schools, as well as contributions and lightning talks from our host schools and schools within the community, plus structured roundtable discussions.
EfL Support Workshops
& Clinics
(Bootcamps)
Members of the EfL team will facilitate discussions and provide expert input on the various ways that EfL can support high quality practice and improved outcomes in your setting. Schools will share practice and ideas through lightning talks and roundtable discussions.
SEND in
Mainstream
As the complexity threshold of need grows and capacity and funding in the system continue to get ever tighter our school leaders in mainstream settings are facing more barriers and challenges than ever before to provide inclusive and aspirational provision for the most vulnerable learners.
A Responsive Programme
of CPLD
The LearningShared CPLD Programme and Learning Platform offers a totally unique approach to CPLD for your staff and governors that connects you with other schools and colleges through live in person networking and development conferences, virtual networking events and an online learning platform.
Online Communities of Practice
We have private groups on LinkedIn and Facebook where colleagues and peers can discuss and share thoughts, ideas, experiences, resources and learning on these crucial matters of learning, development and education provision. The groups are also an opportunity to connect people and help you to build a network that can support you on your own important journey over the coming months. Communities of practice if you will…
Facebook: EfL SEND Community Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/eflSENDCommunity/
or search for “eflSENDCommunity”
The purpose of the group is to provide a safe, closed space to seek out and share ideas, experience and resources that can help with any and all aspects of SEND provision. It’s also a community for practitioners and schools that use Evidence for Learning and Insights for Learning to share ideas, resources and support each other in using these apps. It’s a peer moderated and supported group.
Facebook Group: Recovery Curriculum
We’ve set up a private facebook group at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/recoverycurriculum
or search for “recoverycurriculum” in the Facebook app.