Marijke Miles

For over 25 years, Marijke Miles has worked with young people with SEND in many different settings and sectors. Currently Head Teacher of Baycroft School, a school for secondary aged students with learning and sensory difficulties and autism, she was previously Head Teacher of Prospect School, a secondary school for boys with SEMH. Both have become known as centres for excellence for supporting young people and their families, particularly for children in care, as well as training units for student social workers from the Universities of Chichester and Winchester. She is known for her innovative practice which has featured in several books, and she is in demand as both a speaker and writer. As Chair of the NAHT SEND Council and a member of the National Forum for Neuroscience in Special Education she contributes intellectual and moral advocacy into SEND practice, provision and strategy.   

Annamarie Hassall MBE

Annamarie Hassall is Chief Executive of. nasen – the national association for special educational needs and disabilities. A membership charity that exists to champion, connect and support those working in the education community - from the early years to schools, post-16, specialist schools and wider settings.

Annamarie has held local, national and government advisory roles that span the breadth of education, children’s social care, early years and SEND.  Non-Executive Director roles as a Trustee at a Multi-Academy Trust and of a UK based charity with interest in pathways to education, training and employment. Awarded an MBE in 2011.

Mabel Davis CBE

Mabel was honoured with a CBE by the Queen for contributions to the Education of deaf children in February 2007.
She was the first deaf person to achieve the status of Headteacher in the UK.  She was also the Disability Commission’s Representative and Founder Member of the General Teaching Council.

Throughout her career the main thrust of her interest was on raising standards of literacy, with a focus on written English skills, papers on which she presented at various International Congress for the Education of the Deaf (ICED).  She also contributed to the pioneering of Inclusion in schools for children with a disability.

On her retirement in 2012 she continued to work by writing articles for professional educational journals that were published, such as the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD).

Mabel’s book, ‘The Eyes That Hear’, published by Olympia is due to be released later this year.

Dr Rona Tutt OBE

Rona has taught pupils of all ages in state and independent, day and residential, mainstream and special schools. She is a Past President of NAHT.  
Rona has a PhD in the education of autistic children, received an Outstanding Reviewer Award for her work on the International Journal of Educational Management and an OBE for her services to special needs education. She is a Fellow of UCL’s Centre for Inclusive Education (CIE) and a governor at an all-age school for profoundly deaf pupils.  
Rona has written and co-authored several books, the most recent being A Guide to Best Practice in Special Education, Health and Social Care -  Making the system work to meet the needs of children, young people and their families, which is due to be published by Routledge in Spring 2023.