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Designing Schools for Tomorrow’s Needs: Rethinking Mainstream Estates for Future SEND Adaptations

05 Feb 2026
Stage 1
As SEND demand grows, schools must adapt existing estates to create inclusive, future-ready environments. This panel session will explore how existing school buildings and campuses can be adapted and reconfigured; and highlight scalable, affordable design and estate strategies that unlock latent capacity, support inclusion and wellbeing, and enable schools to accommodate SEND provision in a way that is flexible, sustainable and future-ready.
Chairperson
Paul Turpin, Principal, Education - Arcadis
Speakers
Roksana Wyrwa, Architectural Designer - Arcadis
Samantha Smith, Director - AHR
Sarah Primarolo, Partner / Architect - Playle & Partners LLP
Kate Persaud, Headteacher - Elmfield School for Deaf Children
Sue Corbett, Head of Capital Programmes - Star Academies

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