Webinar Archive & Recordings

Webinar recordings

The IELA programme of webinars provides a flexible solution to accessing our CPD programme. Our webinars provide the opportunity to engage with training in short bursts and without travel. It is also possible to access the webinars as a recording, enabling the chance for CPD on your schedule.

  • Member rate – £90 per recording
  • Non-member rate – £180 per recording.

For more information about our upcoming webinars, please visit our main Events Calendar.

These webinars are available for order as a recording, at a fee. Recordings are priced at £90 per webinar. To place your order, click through the subject you are interested in.

 

 

2026

Gender questioning children and boarding

Recorded January 12, 2026

The aim of the session is to support delegates in understanding the current legal frameworks that apply to boarding schools and how this might be applied in practice.  The session will focus on unpacking the latest guidance and legal wisdom to support and assist schools to navigate an area of legal and practical complexity.

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2025

SEN funding: how to challenge local authorities and improve chances of adequate EHCP/SEN funding for boarding schools

Recorded October 08, 2025

The EHCP funding system can be nebulous and frustrating, in particular for children attending independent schools. Led by Miriam Carrion Benitez, VWV partner, this webinar will provide helpful insights into how to challenge local authorities when necessary and secure necessary funding to best support learners in receipt of an EHCP. This is an essential session for bursars, business managers, CFOs, senior leaders and SENCOs in all types of settings including the independent and state sector.

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Understanding intersectionality and race

Recorded October 06, 2025

This webinar will guide participants through key concepts of racial intersectionality, promoting greater racial literacy and cultural competence. By exploring the realities faced by individuals from global majority communities, participants will learn how to create safe, inclusive, and equitable spaces in both professional and educational settings.

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Cultural competence

Recorded September 18, 2025

This interactive webinar explores the concept of cultural competence—what it means, why it matters, and how individuals and organisations can actively build and sustain it. Participants will gain insight into recognising cultural blind spots, engaging respectfully with difference, and appreciating cultures in a meaningful and informed way.

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Update your SEND and EDI-related policies

Recorded September 10, 2025

This practical and insightful webinar designed specifically for school staff on updating Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion-related policies. With evolving legislation, guidance, and community needs, it is essential for schools to ensure their policies are not only compliant but also actively promote inclusive and equitable learning environments. This session will walk delegates through the latest statutory expectations, best practices in inclusive policy development, and how to embed these values into the everyday culture of the school. Whether you are revising existing documents or starting from scratch, this webinar will equip you with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to review and create policies that reflect a commitment to an inclusive school environment.

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Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 Update + Box Set

Recorded September 05, 2025

This webinar will provide a clear and practical overview of the 2025 updates to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), focusing on key changes and their implications for school leadership, safeguarding teams, and all staff. KCSIE 2025 applies to all practitioners in schools, including governing bodies, proprietors, and management committees. Understanding these updates is essential to ensure compliance and to maintain best practice in safeguarding.

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Compliance update (Keeping Children Safe in Education)

Recorded August 27, 2025

This webinar will look at the changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education for 2025 and will highlight the management and compliance implications. KCSIE is for all practitioners in schools as well as governing bodies, proprietors, and management committees. 

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Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 Update + Box Set

Recorded August 13, 2025

This webinar will look at changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for 2025 and highlight the management and compliance implications. KCSIE is for all practitioners in schools as well as governing bodies, proprietors, and management committees.

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Creating a culture of LGBT+ allyship

Recorded June 23, 2025

Allyship is an essential part of anti-discriminatory practice. In any community, allyship can be tricky to navigate. This webinar will focus on allyship in the LGBT+ community. Questions can arise such as ‘How do I know if I am supporting others in the right way?’ and ‘What does it really mean to be a good ally?’  This webinar will provide a clear roadmap to support all on their journey to affective allyship. It will also cover the four pillars of Allyship: acknowledge, converse, educate and stance.

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Supporting girls through an inclusion lens

Recorded June 18, 2025

Our new webinar on Supporting Girls Through an Inclusion Lens, will explore how inclusive practices can empower girls to thrive in school, socially and prepare them for life beyond school. This session will delve into the intersecting factors that shape girls’ experiences as well as the links with safeguarding and whole-school culture.

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Neurodiversity and Safeguarding

Recorded June 06, 2025

Our understanding of neurodiversity is developing, and in acceptance has been most recently driven by the self-disclosure of many high-profile persons who share their narratives of vulnerability and resilience in relation to their neurodiverse traits. This webinar explores what neurodiversity is, debates the deficit vs. superpower discourse, and explicitly explores safeguarding and vulnerability with a focus on key areas of safeguarding practice.

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Creative approaches to diversifying your curriculum

Recorded June 05, 2025

This webinar will explore practical, creative and innovative strategies to make learning more inclusive, representative, and culturally responsive. This session will cover key topics such as integrating diverse voices and perspectives across subjects, designing engaging learning materials, and applying inclusive pedagogical frameworks. By the end of the webinar, participants will be equipped with practical tools to critically evaluate existing curricula, implement inclusive content, and foster a learning environment that reflects and respects a wide range of identities and experiences.

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Best practice in inclusion work Conference

Recorded March 27, 2025

The IELA Conference is an online event. This year, the conference is focused on collaboration, learning and sharing best practice in EDI work in schools. This event brings together inclusion professionals to exchange ideas and strategies that foster inclusivity, equity, and positive change within our schools and communities.

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Fostering a culture of belonging

Recorded January 6, 2025

Have you tried to create a culture of belonging in your setting and are still finding the same issues arise? This webinar is here to help you really understand the roots of what it takes to foster a genuine culture of belonging where everyone feels valued. It will discuss the fundamental values needed as well as helping you understand the core areas in your specific environment that need to be addressed to create a culture of care.

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2024

Supporting neurodivergence in your setting

Recorded November 11, 2024

Those who are neurodivergent can process information, function and present behaviourally different than the majority. However not everyone who is neurodivergent feels supported in their setting to succeed. This webinar will move past describing what neurodivergence is, and instead provide tangible tools to enable you to identify the specific needs of neurodiverse individuals in your setting. The session will help delegates to understand the many areas that need to be addressed such as environment, assistive technology, reasonable adjustments, and communication tools to name a few.

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Understanding intersectionality and race

Recorded October 04, 2024

Intersectionality draws on the many identities people have which helps shape a person. When we think about intersectionality and race we look at the specific experiences one may have due to the colour of their skin and their heritage. This Webinar will take you on the necessary steps to learn about these experiences supports cultural competence and develops racial literacy which is necessary to create safe spaces and support those from global majority communities in an equitable way.

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Cultural competence

Recorded September 23, 2024

We live in a multicultural society that brings a wealth of tradition, diversity, ideologies, and faiths to mention a few. We know this should be celebrated however doing so has presented some challenges, such as worries of cultural appropriation instead of appreciation. Support is still needed to learn about other cultures, communicate effectively, and identify what behaviours can be discriminatory. This webinar will focus on understanding the benefits of cultural competence, developing the skills needed and outlining how to continue doing the work on the journey.

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