Ask any teacher how they find CPD, and the answer is usually the same story. 

They start with Google. They wade through generic events platforms where education events are buried beneath irrelevant listings. They scroll through newsletters they barely have time to read. They click promotional emails pointing to events that are the wrong subject, wrong phase, wrong format, or already fully booked.
Then the bell rings. The planning stops. The search starts again next week. The UK education sector hosts hundreds of conferences, exhibitions, webinars and training events every year. But discovery is broken. The infrastructure to connect educators with events relevant to their role, subject and phase has never existed in one place. Until now. 

A FAMILIAR FRUSTRATION
Time poverty is one of the defining features of teaching.
Spending an hour hunting for a relevant SEND conference — only to discover it’s already passed — isn’t just frustrating. It’s a waste of scarce professional development time.
Publishers, awarding bodies, subject associations and EdTech companies all promote events across multiple channels — websites, email lists and social media. But the information is scattered, inconsistent, and rarely filtered for what you actually need.
The result is a market where quality events go undiscovered, and educators make do with whatever they happen to find rather than what is most relevant to them.

“We see the same pattern every day — teachers waste hours trying to find relevant CPD and networking opportunities. Eduvents fixes that.”
— CEO, Doceo Consulting

ENTER EDUVENTS
Eduvents is a specialist education event marketplace, built exclusively for the education sector.
The platform brings CPD, conferences, exhibitions, webinars, award shows and training events together in a single, fully searchable directory, completely free for educators to use.
Every listing can be filtered by subject, phase, format and location.
Eduvents shows you only what is relevant to you — quickly, confidently, and without the noise. Eduvents is developed by Doceo Consulting, a UK education consultancy with over 10 years of experience running campaigns to hundreds of thousands of educators through a network of 50+ publishers and suppliers.
The problem it solves isn’t theoretical — it’s one the team has seen first-hand, on both sides of the market.

WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
Eduvents isn’t a generic events platform with education buried somewhere on page three.
It’s built entirely around you — your subject, your phase, your format, your schedule.
Every event is searchable and filterable, so instead of scrolling through noise, you arrive at relevant results in minutes.
Whether you teach primary maths or lead SEND provision in a secondary school, Eduvents surfaces what matters to you and filters out everything that doesn’t.

• Filter by subject: STEM, Maths, SEND, Leadership & more
• Filter by phase: Primary, Secondary, FE & HE Virtual and in-person event formats
• On-Demand events so you never miss out after the live date
• New events added regularly across all sectors and subjects

NUMBERS AT A GLANCE

2,000 – UNIQUE USERS

7,500 – PAGE VIEWS

3mins – DWELL TIME

How one specialist platform is saving teachers hours of searching, and connecting educators with the CPD, conferences and training that actually matter. sk any teacher how they find CPD, and the answer is usually the same story. They start with Google. They wade through generic events platforms where education events are buried beneath irrelevant listings. They scroll through newsletters they barely have time to read. They click promotional emails pointing to events that are the wrong subject, wrong phase, wrong format, or already fully booked. Then the bell rings. The planning stops. The search starts again next week. The UK education sector hosts hundreds of conferences, exhibitions, webinars and training events every year. But discovery is broken. The infrastructure to connect educators with events relevant to their role, subject and phase has never existed in one place. Until now.

THE MOMENT TO GET INVOLVED
Eduvents is growing fast, adding new events every day.
Whether you are a classroom teacher looking for your next conference, a CPD lead trying to coordinate staff development, or an event organiser tired of shouting into the void, Eduvents is built for you.
Stop searching. Start finding.

Visit eduvents.co.uk (Always free for all educators)
Contact: info@doceoconsulting.co.uk

This January, the Bett UK 2026 agenda brings you world-class speakers and sessions. From Hannah Fry to Amol Rajan, don’t miss this carefully curated line-up of special guests that will inspire and educate across the key topics shaping the future of education. Your Bett UK 2026 ticket gives you access to hundreds of hours of CPD-accredited content designed to drive meaningful impact in classrooms worldwide. The Bett UK 2026 agenda deep dives into AI, SEND, EdTech innovation and more. Join us at ExCeL London to learn, collaborate and be part of the global conversation.

Get your ticket now and explore the full agenda today!

• On Outdoor Classroom Day (Thursday 23 May 2024) the National Education Nature Park programme is calling on teachers and pupils to discover habitats in their school, nursery or college grounds.
• You’ll follow prompts to find what homes for wildlife you have on your learning site, and upload your findings to see the different types of spaces that are being found across the country on this day.
• By taking part in this England-wide, curriculum-linked activity, you and your class will be ready to start creating a map of habitats on your learning site – an essential first step in the Nature Park process.

Calling all teachers and young people! Take your learning outside and be a ‘habitat hero’ this Outdoor Classroom Day – finding habitats on your school grounds as part of the National Education Nature Park programme.

By taking part in this nationwide, curriculum-linked Habitat Heroes activity, you and your learners will follow prompts to explore the homes for wildlife you have on your learning site – perhaps you have piles of leaves where worms could hide, fence panels that spiders might use for spinning webs, or pools of water where frogs and birds could go for a dip!

You’ll upload your findings and see your discoveries alongside all of the other spaces being explored in schools, nurseries, and colleges across the country on this day. This activity forms part of the trailblazing National Education Nature Park, led by the Natural History Museum working with the Royal Horticultural Society and other partners, and commissioned by the Department for Education as part of their Climate Change and Sustainability Strategy. The free Nature Park programme – which launched in October 2023 and over 2000 schools, colleges and nurseries have joined so far – sees young people leading the way in forming a vast network of green spaces by improving their schools, colleges and nurseries for both people and wildlife, all while connecting to nature and
developing vital skills for their futures.

“Whether you’ve already joined the Nature Park or not, taking part in Habitat Heroes on 23 May is the perfect way to take your learning outside this Outdoor Classroom Day, spend time in nature and see the positive impact we can have when we all work together,” says Dr Jessica Tipton, Head of the National Education Nature Park at the Natural History Museum.

The Habitat Heroes activity is a great way to start your Nature Park journey and explore the concept of what habitats are. It will prepare you and your class for the mapping your site activities, an essential first step in the Nature Park five-step process where you will explore habitats in more detail, surveying the different types of habitat you have across your site and recording these on the Nature Park map. You can then journey through the Nature Park process and turn ‘grey’ parts of your outdoor space – such as concrete playgrounds – into greener spaces by making scientifically evidence-based changes. Options range from growing pollinator-friendly plants and building small ponds, to greening walls with climbing plants and harvesting rainwater.

“We’re so excited to see what homes for wildlife pupils discover on their sites,” says Rosie Naylor, Senior Programme Developer at the Royal Horticultural Society. “We hope this activity will just be the beginning of pupils connecting to nature, developing new skills and transforming their spaces into sanctuaries for both nature and their school community through the Nature Park programme”.

The Nature Park links with other parts of the Department for Education’s Climate Change and Sustainability Strategy and its funded initiatives; including on the ground support for climate action planning from Climate Ambassadors (delivered by the University of Reading, EAUC and STEM Learning), and a Sustainability Support for Education digital hub of resources and tools launching soon. The hub will support schools by bringing together all the information they will need to develop, or build on, their climate action plan.

Minister for the School System and Student Finance at the Department for Education, Baroness Barran says:

“We are thrilled to see schools across the country accessing joining the National Education Nature Park to help pupils learn outdoors, engage with the natural world and to create and protect green spaces within their education settings.

“The Nature Park is one of the key initiatives commissioned by Department for Education as part of our Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy. It will support young people to connect with nature in ways that will develop vital skills for their futures while making meaningful improvements to biodiversity within their local environments for a more sustainable future.”

The more schools that take part, the bigger impact we will have! Get involved and find out more at www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/habitat-hero

Park Lane Primary School and Nursery in Nuneaton and Race Leys Junior School, and Nicholas Chamberlaine School in Bedworth are taking part in the festival, amongst other schools in the Trust.

The arts festival programme encourages children to develop and express their creativity. Pupils will participate in projects, workshops, and collaborations during the next two weeks, including song, dance, acting, poetry, painting, and monologues.

All 12 schools within the Griffin Schools Trust will participate in the festival and will be celebrating the theme of ‘change makers’, people who take creative action to improve a situation, highlighting those motivated to act and think beyond their own experiences for the greater good.

The likes of Amanda Gorman, The Beatles, and Courtney Matheson are to be celebrated for artistic impact on the world, with new additions, including Marcus Rashford and Greta Thunberg, for their use of communication and speech to make change happen.

Anne Powell, Chief Executive of Griffin Schools Trust, comments: “The festival is a proud tradition of the Griffin Schools Trust, which aims to create high achievement for all its children. The next two weeks will both celebrate their achievements and widen their horizons through art and discovering change makers to look up to.”

As part of the festival, Year 5 pupils entered a competition responding to the theme of change makers. Ten winners from each school have been selected to attend four days of arts-soaked activity, including a Macbeth performance by Oddsocks and a Night of the Proms performance by Ratby Band.

Kim Waldock, Director of Arts for Griffin Arts Festival, and former Head of National Programmes at the Royal Opera House, adds: “It’s important to help children consider the arts beyond simply the skill of painting or singing and to consider the wider impact the arts have on vocation. Through the Griffin Arts Festival, we can stimulate broader thinking and get children excited about what is possible through the arts.”

At the end of the festival, parents will be invited to Griffin Schools Trust schools to view the work their children have been working on in a showcase ceremony.

Part of the Little Troopers at School programme, the two-hour workshop will use games, scenarios, drawing and other fun activities to bring military children together and empower them with positive tools to help them cope with some of the challenges that military life can bring, such as having a parent deployed or moving home and school. Through the session, children will be given the opportunity to share their stories, explore their emotions and learn about mindfulness techniques. All the children will take home a goodie bag including a pack of positive affirmation cards.

Last year, more than 3,500 service children attended a similar workshop run by the charity with schools describing the session as providing “much-needed recognition and support for our forces children” and “a safe space [for children] to share and support each other emotionally, whilst eliciting a sense of pride and community spirit.”

This year’s workshop has been made possible thanks to generous grants from ABF The Soldier’s Charity, The Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity and The Grocers Charity.

Louise Fetigan, founder of Little Troopers comments: “As the school holidays approach, many military families will be coping with deployment or preparing to move home, so now is the ideal time for schools to bring together their service children, give them some tools to help them through and celebrate what it means to be a ‘little trooper’.

“By running a virtual workshop, our small charity can reach and benefit as many service children as possible and make them feel part of this special network of military children across our Armed Forces community. The children love knowing that they are doing the session at the same time as thousands of other military children just like them and they will finish the session feeling proud of their identity as a forces’ child.”

The workshop is part of the charity’s broader Little Troopers at School programme which has been running for four years and provides teachers with practical resources to support their military children in the classroom. More than 1,000 schools are signed up to Little Troopers at School.

For more information and to book a space on the workshop, visit www.littletroopers.net/littletroopersatschool

Titled Fusion, the exhibition showcases work by Wirral Met College degree students on Fine Art, Illustration with Animation and Photography courses.

The College has been holding annual degree shows at the Williamson Art Gallery for over twenty five years. This year’s show carries on this tradition of celebrating the latest emerging talent from the region.

The exhibition of work from 17 graduating students covers diverse topics from social housing, chronic illness, mythological characters and menstruation.

Friends, family and colleagues gathered at the Williamson Art Gallery on Thursday 12 May for a private view.

Photography student Kirsty Anne Wilson, from Neston, was given a special recognition award by the College on the night. Her artwork will now join the College’s growing alumni collection across all five of its campuses.

Reacting to the news, Kirsty said: “I am totally surprised but really proud that my artwork has been recognised for what it is. There is a lot of good work here and it could have gone to anyone. I’m just really proud that a story like mine has been recognised.”

Kirsty’s thought-provoking self-portraits titled ‘Inescapable – a journey into the unknown self’, is a personal journey exploring who she is and her place in the world. Kirsty’s work depicts the experiences felt of learning to live with a chronic illness and pain in the face of ongoing adversity.

Created using a variety of photographic practices including digital and analogue, the black and white photographs explore the themes of pain, illness and loneliness, but also bravery, hope and determination to never give up.

Kirsty said: “I wanted to highlight the hidden side of chronic illness and disability. Everyone sees the wheelchair but they don’t see what goes on behind that and the truth of how hard it can be. I wanted the project to open that up.”

36 year old Kirsty started at Wirral Met on the HND Photography course, before progressing on to BA (Hons) Photography Top Up. The year degree allows students to ‘top up’ their existing skills into a full honours degree.

“My time at Wirral Met has been a huge journey. For my first two years on HND Photography I spent 90% of my time in hospital. This past year I’ve been out more than in hospital and I’ve actually been able to enjoy the course and focus on my work. I couldn’t have done it without my amazing tutors.”

Kirsty is continuing her studies with a PGCE at Wirral Met from September, with the hopes to become a photography teacher. She is also working with the Royal Photographic Society.

Principal of Wirral Met College, Sue Higginson, said: “Fusion Exhibition showcases the fantastic achievements of our graduating students and marks the start of their professional journey as artists.

“With the origins of the college starting as an Arts School, we are proud to champion creativity and provide an opportunity for students to share their work with the wider community.”

The Exhibition is open Wednesday to Saturday until Saturday 21 May, 10.30am – 4.30pm, in Galleries 1 and 13. Entry is free.

More information: https://williamsonartgallery.org/portfolio_page/wirral-met-degree-show/

Led by Sam Moinet – former teacher and founder of Student Breakthrough and the new Educators Coaching Academy – the workshop comes at a crucial time in the academic calendar, with many teachers feeling the strain of mock exams and supporting their students to transition into higher year groups and new schools.

Sam said: “I’ve been a teacher and worked in education since 2013, so I understand the pressures and frustrations they face and the lack of support available. Through my own experiences and listening to the teachers I work with now, a lack of time, knowledge and relevant training makes it extremely difficult to help young people manage their emotions. There are also common barriers that stop students reaching their full potential such as anxiety, low motivation and self-esteem and this is why effective mental health coaching can have such a profound impact.

“My mission is to make lasting change in the education system by supporting, empowering and inspiring educators and teaching them valuable skills and techniques to become confident mental health coaches. I therefore hope this free workshop provides some valuable advice and support at a critical time in their teaching careers.”

The mental health and wellbeing of staff working in education has never been more important following the intense pressure and strain of the last two years. The latest 2021 report by Education Support into Teacher wellbeing found that 77% experienced symptoms of poor mental health due to their work, 72% are stressed and 42% think their working environment has a negative impact on their mental health.

In a more recent survey by the NEU, 44% of teachers in England said they had plans to quit within five years, siting workloads and pay as key significant factors and for those who had thought about stress at work, two-thirds reported they were stressed at least 60% of the time.

Sam added: “This workshop is just the beginning. We need to radically transform mental health support in schools – not just for children but for teachers too. I feel very passionately that this is something that’s been missing in the industry, and I aim to change that.

“We are planning to officially launch the new Educators Coaching Academy in June which will be aimed entirely at school leaders, teachers and educators themselves. There really is nothing else like it.”

To find out more about the workshop and to book your free place visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/education-evolution-life-changing-coach-training-for-teachers-tickets-337055952427

The show’s return to London provided the perfect opportunity for the sector to continue moving from recovery to re-discovery. The event brought together over 3,000 attendees, 150 inspirational speakers and 140 leading education suppliers and provided the perfect meeting and networking space for senior leaders from schools to meet and discuss how to overcome the biggest challenges facing schools in the UK.

As the country continues to move beyond the effects of the pandemic, the education sector is still suffering from staff shortages, funding challenges and now has added pressures from pupil and staff wellbeing issues. Therefore, the Schools & Academies Show is positioned to tackle these challenges through showcasing good practice case studies, innovative suppliers and interactive networking and meeting spaces.

Headline Sponsor Lyfta presented an insightful presentation; ‘Nurturing Children for Our Changing World: The Amazing Power of Diverse Human Stories’ and stated: “We were delighted to take part in the show and have the opportunity to meet sector leaders and staff, while sharing our message and vision with many schools that were not familiar with Lyfta.

“Lyfta provides a powerful and accessible way for students to experience human diversity, and for educators to build cultural capital and nurture the vital skills and values children need to thrive in our changing world. We invite students to explore and connect with real human stories from across the globe, through interactive 360° spaces and powerful short films.

“By taking part, we were able to share some of our work and our mission with Headteachers, MAT Leaders and wider Senior Leadership Teams and it was a great experience to see so many representatives from the sector in one place throughout the day.”

The show is heavily supported by the Department for Education (DfE) and the organisers were delighted to bring back the popular Government Education Village which provides visitors with the chance to speak directly with representatives from multiple teams at the DfE as well as see a variety of live sessions and project demonstrations by the department.

This focus on insightful content and good practice was carried through the entire event, with the following themed stages on offer:

• School Improvement Theatre
• Trust & Trustees Theatre
• Business & Finance Theatre
• EdTech Theatre
• Safeguarding & Wellbeing Theatre
• SEND Theatre
• Leaders’ Town Hall

As well as the 30+ hours of CPD-certified content on offer, over 140 exhibitors took part offering a wide variety of services, products, and solutions for every aspect of running a school. Discovering new suppliers, meeting with current service providers, and finding new and exciting services is one of the key benefits of the show and without this support from the sector, the show would not be such a huge success.

Stephen Morales, CEO, ISBL and Chair, GovNet Education Advisory Board stated: “It’s always a privilege to part of one of the sector largest national events. Being able to interact with such large numbers in attendance, both in the margins of the sessions and as speaker provides me with a real sense of the mood of our sector, their challenges, their concerns, and their aspirations.

“As ISBL’s CEO I believe events like this are essential to the sectors ongoing evolutions and as a professional institute we look forward to supporting the Schools & Academies Show again in Birmingham in November.”

If you would like to find out more about how you can join the leading education suppliers already benefiting from exhibiting at the shows, then please contact info@schoolsandacademiesshow.co.uk.

About the event:

The Schools & Academies Show is the UK’s leading education policy event, tackling the biggest topics and changes across the sector in order to ensure better outcomes for pupils and staff and is organised by GovNet Education.

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The competition is open to all schools in England and Wales. To enter schools need to fill in a simple entry form on the A&S Landscape website. Schools will then need to collect votes, with the school with the highest number of votes winning the competition.

The decision to relaunch the competition was a no-brainer for the team at A&S Landscape after the unprecedented interest in the previous contest, which saw a total of 48,000 votes cast. Competition Coordinator at A&S Landscape, Lucy Grime, shared why the decision was made to give away another canopy: “After the hardships and challenges faced by many schools throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, we were all too aware that many were struggling to make improvements to their facilities due to a lack of budget and manpower. We knew that giving away a canopy would to help spread some positivity and make a difference to the winning school.”

Schools have until the 15th July 2022 to enter the competition, with the winner being announced shortly after.

The Education Resources Awards, organised by Brilliant Marketing Solutions and the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA), highlight the quality and diversity of educational products and resources, excellent educational establishments and the most dedicated members of the teaching profession and supplier industry, all working together to encourage the very best in education.

Emma Ringe, Schools Director, Whizz Education explains: “Wow, to be shortlisted for three ERA awards is a huge achievement for our team!  We are particularly proud that our work has been recognised in association with Roskear Primary School in the Collaboration with a School category, as the teachers and students have made excellent progress in maths.

“We began work with Roskear Primary school in Cornwall early in 2019 with the objective of accelerating progress of lower attaining pupils through the mathematics curriculum, resulting in an increase of pupils achieving age-related progress expectations within teacher assessment.

“Whizz Education now delivers an innovative menu of services – including planning, training, assessment and reporting, live impact data, course correction plus access to our virtual tutor Maths-Whizz – to improve learning outcomes in maths and drive-up standards of attainment, all tailored to the needs of Roskear.”

So far, this academic year, over 90% of Roskear pupils who used Maths-Whizz for 50 minutes or more have made accelerated progress on their maths-age.

Jess Morris-Marsham Maths Leader, Team Leader for Years 3 and 4 and Year 5 Teacher Roskear Primary School stated: “Our most recent assessments identified the Year 2 pupils who were below ARE in the autumn due to learning loss following COVID.  Following the after-school interventions where children used the virtual tutor Maths-Whizz for two hours per week, plus their weekly lesson in class, each one of those children had reached ARE within six weeks.

“Working with Whizz Education to help our students improve learning outcomes has been extremely rewarding.  We are delighted to have been nominated for this important award which recognises the great progress of our pupils across the full range of abilities.”

The winners of the Education Resource Awards will be announced at an event at The National Conference Centre Birmingham on 6th May 2022.

For further information about The Education Resource Awards please see: www.educationresourcesawards.co.uk and for Whizz Education please see: www.whizz.com