Opinion: Solutions

How to get beyond ‘need’ to genuine inclusion

Focusing on resource distribution to meet individual needs is a distraction from creating inclusive learning environments

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Steve Haines and David Ruebain
Opinion: Solutions

How to create a culture of compassion and repair

Relational Inclusion has transformed behaviour, attendance and engagement in our schools and in others we have supported

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Anthony Benedict
Opinion: Solutions

Year-round special schools are the radical approach we need

The capacity crisis in special schools demands radical thinking, and the 50-week special school might just be the solution...

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Mark Wilson
Opinion: Solutions

Five ways to develop a place-based response to absence

Relational practice and partnership working have transformed our approaches to absence. Here’s how we’ve turned the dial for good

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Charlotte Leach-Rogers
Opinion: Solutions

Five specialist lessons to make mainstream more inclusive

These five strategies from my time in special schools are driving transformational change in SEND provision in our mainstream...

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Jude Macdonald
Opinion: Solutions

How to deliver a cradle-to-career service in every community

Our new report shows the transformative potential of local ‘cradle-to-career’ partnerships and how school leaders can lead them to...

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Anne-Marie Sim
Opinion: Solutions

Five ways to avoid leadership burnout

Drawing on his experience as a leadership coach, Patrick Cozier sets out some effective ways to do the job...

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Patrick Cozier
Opinion: Solutions

A successful breakfast club is the first lesson of the day

Our award-winning breakfast club has been running for 16 years. Its success is down to being an integral part...

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Lisa Pegman
Opinion: Solutions

The power of systematically closing knowledge gaps

Gaps in knowledge can arise from attendance issues but quickly become their cause. Here’s how we’ve made closing them...

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Jeremy Spencer