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IncludEd 2025 is coming…5 whole school inclusion insights you need

We’ve all been there. You’ve cleared a whole day and then trekked for hours to be at an education conference that promised so much, then delivered so little. The biggest takeaway? Indigestion from overdoing it at the buffet lunch. The highlight of the day? The free pen. The whole thing can feel a bit meh. […]

Revealed: How Ofsted will develop plans to inspect inclusion

Watchdog has so far provided little detail on what metrics will be used to judge inclusion for incoming school report cards

Ofsted enlists charities’ help as it plans inclusion ‘criterion’

Leaders welcome focus on inclusion, but warn against creating ‘perverse incentives’ for schools

SEND: DfE ‘looking into’ how many schools are not inclusive

Children’s minister David Johnston reveals he is probing why some schools have far fewer pupils with EHCPs

Developing Internal Alternative Provision? How The Difference Inclusive Leadership Course supported our school

The Inclusive Leadership Course is a national programme for mainstream senior leaders of inclusion – providing a diagnostic lens to enable bespoke, sustained school improvement. To date, 250+ senior leaders from across 65 local Authorities and MATs have attended the sessions. The following case study from Headteacher Jake Capper shows how the Inclusive Leadership Course […]

DfE told to fix disability data gaps for half of teachers

Small study says schools are not including disability when collecting staff diversity data, with experts and schools urging new guidance

George White, inclusion lead, St Paul’s Catholic School

George White, inclusion lead and RE teacher at St Paul’s Catholic School, transitioned while starting a job at his childhood school. He tells Jess Staufenberg why openness about being transgender matters to him – and calls for clearer guidance from government It was a Tuesday night and George White was shopping for a suit to […]

How schools can reverse Gypsy and Roma under-achievement

MPs are investigating why Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children have the worst exclusion and attainment rates

Biggest academy trust turns to NFL for inspiration in diversity drive

Trusts are hiring diversity specialists and challenging “Eurocentric” history, revamping their policies, curriculum and “overwhelmingly white” leadership teams.