Conference for Heads of PSHE - Thursday 5 March 2026 (ISH Venues, 229 Great Portland St, London W1W 5PN, London)

Time

Session

09:30

Arrival, registration, and coffee

10.00 -10.05

Welcome and introduction

Speaker: Keri Moorhouse - Education Officer, HMC

10.05 – 10.10

A word from our Sponsor: Life Lessons

Speaker: TBC

10.10 – 11.00

Session 1: Update and State of the Nation

Speaker: Jenny Barksfield – Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Education, PSHE Association

11.00 – 11.15

Refreshment break

11.15 – 12.00

Session 2: Supporting young people to make safer choices around drugs.  This session will have a particular focus on ketamine use.

Speaker: Fiona Spargo-Mabbs OBE, Director, Founder, Author; DSM Foundation

12.00 – 12.30

Information update: AI/PSHE interface

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.30

Session 3: Facilitated Networking Session 

Speaker: Adam Hall - Head of PSHE, Pocklington School, Lifelearning project

14.30 – 14.45

Refreshment break

14.45 – 15.15

Session 4: Positive Masculinity: Promoting Wellbeing and Respect

Speaker: Federico Monk-Porcel, Director of Strategy & Partnerships at Voicebox

15.15 – 16.05

Session 4:  Case study: 

Foundations for life: building a KS3 a wellbeing curriculum at GSAL 

Speakers: Leanne Sutheran, Head of Student Health and Wellbeing and Joanna Haynes-Boyd, EDI Coordinator and Head of PSHE, The Grammar School at Leeds

16.05 – 16.15

Closing remarks and depart

Keri Moorhouse, Education Officer, HMC