Inclusion Leadership

🔒 Fully aligned to the Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit 2026

This Inclusion Audit Pack helps SENDCos, DSLs, inclusion leads, designated teachers and SLT review inclusion, SEND and disadvantaged pupil provision across eight comprehensive areas. Aligned with Ofsted's 2026 School Inspection Toolkit, it supports self-evaluation, continuous improvement and strategic leadership for inclusive education.

☑️ Comprehensive 39-page inclusion audit document with structured prompts across eight key themes: inclusive vision and culture, identifying and meeting needs, supporting disadvantaged pupils, supporting pupils with SEND, supporting pupils known (or previously known) to children's social care, inclusive practice across curriculum and wider school life, partnerships with families and services, and evaluating impact

☑️ Complete audit toolkit includes action plan template, inclusion evidence checklist, staff, pupil, parent/carer and governor question bank, a one-page SLT/governor summary, Ofsted inclusion grade descriptor grids and guidance on conducting an effective audit

☑️ Supports comprehensive review of SEND provision, pupil premium strategies, looked-after and previously looked-after pupil provision, and wider inclusive practice with confidence and clarity 

☑️ Fully editable templates allow you to adapt all materials for your school's specific context and priorities

Ideal for SENCOs, inclusion leaders, pupil premium champions, designated teachers for looked-after children, and deputy or assistant heads with responsibility for  inclusion, whether preparing for inspection, reviewing provision or planning next steps for school improvement.

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👉 This audit pack is part of our Complete School Leadership Audit Set, which includes eleven audits in one purchase, saving you money whilst ensuring you can evaluate your entire school provision across all Ofsted evaluation areas plus three essential good practice audits.

🔒 Fully aligned to the 2026 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit

🔒 Fully aligned to the final Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit 2025

Support your school prepare for Ofsted's new School Inspection Toolkit 2025 with this comprehensive Inclusion update pack - everything you need to understand the changes, brief your team, and ensure your school is inspection-ready.

☑️ Staff & Governor Briefing PowerPoint (23 slides) – Ready-to-use presentation covering all new inclusion requirements, from identifying, assessing and meeting needs to support for pupils who face barriers to learning

☑️ Toolkit vs. Handbook Comparison Document – Clear side-by-side analysis of what's changed from the scattered requirements about disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND in the old Ofsted framework to the new strengthened requirements in the standalone Inclusion evaluation area, plus the inclusion threads that run across the entire toolkit

☑️ Understanding Ofsted's Toolkit Guide – Easy-to-digest breakdown of the new evaluation criteria, with practical considerations for school leaders who hold responsibility for inclusion

☑️ Leader Action Checklist – Strategic planning tool to help you implement the changes across your school community

☑️ Editable Grade Descriptor Grid – Customisable toolkit reference for your leadership team

Perfect for: Headteachers, SLT members, and anyone responsible for inclusion (such as SENCos, DSLs, designated teachers and pupil premium champions) preparing for Ofsted inspection under the new 2025 School Inspection Toolkit, or wanting to ensure their provision in inclusion meets the latest requirements.

Save hours of research time – we've analysed the new toolkit so you can focus on implementing the changes that matter most for your pupils' outcomes.

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🎒Updated for the 2025-2026 academic year

Review your school's equality and diversity provision with this comprehensive audit toolkit designed for school leaders.

This pack gives you everything you need to conduct a systematic evaluation of how well your school promotes equality, challenges discrimination and supports diverse communities.

You'll get:

☑️ Full editable audit tool (24 pages) – comprehensive questions across six key areas: policies and procedures, pupil experience and voice, curriculum teaching and learning, staff development and recruitment, community engagement and partnerships, learning environment, and leadership and strategic planning

☑️ Supporting templates – editable action plan, document checklist, question bank and one-page summary template for reporting to governors or trustees

☑️ 18-page equality and diversity audit guidance document – practical instructions on planning your audit, who to involve, what evidence to collect, and how to use your findings to strengthen provision and meet your duties under the Equality Act 2010

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👉 This audit pack is part of our Complete School Leadership Audit Set, which includes eleven audits in one purchase, saving you money whilst ensuring you can evaluate your entire school provision across all Ofsted evaluation areas plus plus three essential good practice audits.

Two essential templates to help you create structured, effective support plans for pupils with challenging behaviour.

When a pupil's behaviour needs additional help to manage, you need clear frameworks to assess risk and plan targeted support. This bundle provides you with two robust templates that streamline the process whilst ensuring you capture all the essential information. They're also in line with the April 2026 DfE guidance on the Restrictive interventions, including the use of reasonable force, in schools.

What's included:

• Pupil Behaviour Plan Template - Comprehensive planning document to create individualised support strategies, from identifying triggers to setting measurable targets
• Behaviour Risk Assessment Form - Structured framework to assess potential risks, likelihood and impact, plus space for reduction strategies and monitoring
• Risk Assessment Log - Simple tracking sheet to monitor multiple pupils' risk levels and review dates at a glance

Perfect for:

• SENDCos managing complex behaviour cases
• Behaviour leads developing individual support plans
• Class teachers needing structured approaches for pupils exhibiting challenging behaviours
• Senior leaders ensuring consistent risk assessment processes
• Anyone working with parents, carers and families to support pupils to succeed with behaviour

Both templates include clear guidance, practical examples and prompts, and space for pupil voice, helping you create plans that are thorough and genuinely supportive of pupil wellbeing.

🔒 Fully aligned to the 2026 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit

Ofsted inspection can feel daunting when you're a pupil premium lead, especially if you're new to the role or haven't experienced an inspection under the current framework.

Designed specifically for pupil premium leads and those with responsibility for disadvantaged pupils, this focused preparation pack translates the 2026 School Inspection Toolkit into practical guidance about your role during inspection. You'll understand when and how you'll engage with inspectors, what questions they're likely to explore and how to demonstrate the excellent work you're already doing to support vulnerable pupils.

You'll get:

☑️ Pupil Premium Lead Inspection Role Guidance – clear explanation of when you'll be involved during inspection, what happens during focused leadership discussions and case sampling, and what inspectors want to understand from you

☑️ Example Ofsted Pupil Premium Lead Questions – realistic questions you might be asked during inspection conversations, helping you practise articulating your approach and identify any areas to strengthen

☑️ Further supporting documents – including a leader action checklist to build your inspection knowledge, an inspection readiness tool to evaluate your current practice against toolkit statements, and editable grade descriptor grids highlighting disadvantaged pupils' provision across the framework

This Ofsted pupil premium resources pack helps to build your confidence to articulate your work clearly and supports you to prepare effectively without creating unnecessary workload. All templates are fully editable so you can adapt them for your school's specific context and use them as part of your ongoing pupil premium leadership, not just for inspection preparation.

👉 Looking for further support on preparing for inspection? These resources are also available as part of the full Ofsted Inspection Preparation Pack too.

🔄 Updated for 2026

Supporting your pupil premium link governor effectively takes structure, clarity and the right tools. This pack gives you all of this with four fully editable resources designed to strengthen pupil premium governance in your school, whether your link governor is new to role or needs more support to be highly effective.

You'll get:

☑️ Pupil Premium and Disadvantaged Pupils Questions for Governors and Trustees – 15 pages of structured questions to support meaningful collaboration between the pupil premium link governor and key school staff such as the PP lead, headteacher or finance staff with responsibility for the pupil premium grant, plus a triangulating evidence section and an action plan template to document next steps

☑️ Pupil Premium Report to Governors Template – a clear, structured template covering pupil premium and disadvantaged pupil data and commentary, giving the full governing board the insight they need

☑️ Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children Report to Governors Template – supports the headteacher, designated teacher for looked after children and the link governor to report key information to the full governing board

☑️ Pupil Premium Link Governor Roles and Responsibilities – an editable outline of the PP governor's key responsibilities, ideal for onboarding a new governor or bringing clarity to an existing role

All resources are fully editable so you can adapt them to reflect your school's context and needs.

🔒 New for 2026 and fully aligned to the Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit 2025

Understanding how well your school includes and supports every pupil – those with SEND, those who are disadvantaged, those known to children's social care and those who face less visible barriers to learning – requires more than your own professional judgement. It requires the voices of pupils, parents and staff, gathered systematically and analysed in a way that leads to meaningful action.

This pack gives you everything you need to plan, administer, analyse and act on stakeholder feedback about inclusion, and because the core survey templates come pre-populated with carefully considered questions, you can move from planning to distribution with minimal preparation time.

You'll get:

☑️ Three ready-to-use surveys covering pupils (two versions for different age and ability groups), parents and carers, and staff – each ready-made with closed and open questions aligned to the 2025 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit

☑️ A question and statement bank with additional prompts across all three stakeholder groups, including targeted questions for pupils and families of children with SEND, disadvantaged pupils, pupils known to children's social care and those facing other barriers to learning

☑️ A survey analysis template with structured tables for tallying responses, identifying themes and triangulating findings across all three groups

☑️ A pre-survey checklist to help you think through the logistics before you launch and survey letter templates – ready-made notification and feedback letters for parents and staff

☑️ Comprehensive guidance on planning, administering, analysing and sharing survey findings, including how to handle difficult results and a free worked example that helps you learn how to effectively analyse and triangulate survey data

All documents are fully editable so you can adapt them for your school's specific context.

Updated for 2026

For pupil premium leads and headteachers who need a structured, comprehensive way to report on pupil premium strategy, spending and impact to their governing board.

You'll get:

☑️ Pupil Premium Report to Governors – a fully 8-page editable Word document covering:

• named lead and governance arrangements
• pupil premium cohort and grant allocation by eligibility category (including FSM, LAC, previously looked-after children, service pupil premium and EYPP)
• barriers to learning for disadvantaged pupils
• the tiered pupil premium strategy and spending breakdown across high-quality teaching, targeted academic support and wider strategies
• progress and attainment data by term with gap analysis narrative
• intervention impact
• attendance and exclusions data for disadvantaged pupils
• pupil voice and parental/carer engagement
• disadvantaged pupil subgroup analysis
• review of the previous year's strategy and outcomes
• staff training
• a structured evaluation and improvement section including governor questions and challenges.

All sections are fully editable so you can adapt the template to your school's context and reporting cycle.

Ideal for pupil premium leads, headteachers and deputy headteachers preparing termly or annual pupil premium reports to governors.

👉 Looking for more governor report templates? This template and others are part of our Reports to Governors Template Bundle