ITL Conference 2025

Teaching and Learning Conference

Educating for meaning and purpose

Friday 17 and Saturday 18 October 2025

Sevenoaks is delighted to announce the date for its second teaching and learning conference. The two-day event for teachers, school leaders, education professionals and practitioners will be held in October 2025, and will focus on meaning and purpose in education.

The conference is aimed at teachers and educators from the independent and state sectors both local and further afield, providing plenty of scope for networking and informal dialogue.

Featured topics are likely to include:

  • Purposeful curricula
  • Teaching for creativity
  • Meaning in the Arts and Humanities
  • Independent and reflective learning
  • Self-assessment and self-regulation
  • Feedback and assessment for learning
  • Service learning and the co-curriculum
  • The value of school partnerships
  • Artificial Intelligence

About the conference

The conference will host keynote presentations, as well as talks and informal, practical workshops designed to help students lead more fulfilling educational lives.

Questions which will be addressed include:

  • How can we integrate purpose-driven learning into standardised curricula?
  • How can school cultures nurture intellectual curiosity and learning engagement?
  • What is the relationship between meaning and wellbeing in education?
  • What kinds of educational practices deliberately foster personal growth?
  • How might ‘connectedness’ enable school communities to flourish?

Tickets will be on sale in the New Year from this page with free tickets available to state school educators.

Please click here to find out more about meaning and purpose in education. (will link to new page)

Aims of the conference:

  • To consider ways in which particular themes associated with human flourishing can be introduced and developed within school communities.
  • To provide educators with opportunities to share experiences and practices related to flourishing in schools.
  • To provide educators with opportunities to make connections and establish research interests that can be developed collaboratively over time.

Ticket prices

One day conference ticket: £XX

Two day conference ticket: £XX

UK state schools are welcome to attend free of charge

Conference agenda (link to pdf)

 

Speaker information (link to pdf)

 

 

Call for speakers

Would you like to share your insights and knowledge at our 2025 conference?

If so, please apply by email to: hvb@sevenoaksschool.org.uk.  We welcome applications from individuals and organisations.  In your application, please provide a short outline of your chosen topic and a short biography (50-60 words). Speakers will be promoted on our website and social media channels and will receive a fee to cover travel and expenses.  Applications are due by 10th April 2025.