Back To School
keeping women in teaching 2026 conference
Join us for the debut conference on Saturday the 16th May 2026 at Avanti Grange Secondary School.
Research shows that women in their 30s are now the largest demographic leaving teaching every year.
This isn't just a crisis of retention.
It is a crisis of justice.
Across education, women’s bodies are too often treated as interruptions; something to manage quietly, endure privately, or apologise for.
Misogyny, Maternity, Menopause, Menstruation, Infertility. These are not separate issues. They are connected realities shaped by power, silence, and systemic inequality. And the cost is not abstract.
This one-day conference brings together teachers, researchers, campaigners, leaders, and advocates to confront the gendered experiences too often ignored in schools and workplaces.
Through keynote speakers, panel conversations, and collective discussion, we will explore four urgent strands:
Misogyny in education
Infertility and reproductive injustice
Menopause and menstrual health at work
Maternity, motherhood, and professional exclusion
This is not just a conference about policy. It is a conference about lived experience. You will leave with new perspectives, practical insight, and renewed collective power, because these conversations are no longer optional.Join us to name what has been normalised, challenge what has been accepted, and imagine what becomes possible when women are fully supported, believed, and heard.
