SEND Leadership and Support Resources

🔒 Aligned to Ofsted's 2026 School Inspection Toolkit and the incoming SEND reform layered support model.

Whether you're taking a closer look at how well your school identifies, supports and meets the needs of pupils with SEND, or getting ahead of the SEND reforms coming into effect from 2026/27, this pack gives you a structured, evidence-led process to lead your own internal review on your own timeline and at a depth that a two-day inspection simply cannot match.

You'll get:

☑️ Process and planning templates – a step-by-step overview, evidence exploration framework and ideas for a six-week review schedule 

☑️ Pupil and staff evidence tools – structured questions for pupils with SEND and a SEND subject knowledge question bank for staff 

☑️ Organisation and readiness tools – a SEND document and files checklist and a SEND reform readiness template to map current provision against the new layered support model

☑️ Inspection preparation resources – example Ofsted SENDCo questions and a SEND summary overview template

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

🔒 In-line with the Inclusive Mainstream Fund (IMF) requirements for the 31 December 2026 inclusion strategy deadline.

Every mainstream school in England must publish an inclusion strategy statement on its school website by 31 December 2026. This free pack goes beyond the DfE inclusion strategy template to include a fully guided inclusion strategy statement template, two additional tools to support your planning process, and a guidance document that walks your leadership team through each step from identifying barriers to publishing a compliant strategy.

You'll get:

☑️ Free inclusion Strategy Template – covering everything your strategy statement needs to include
☑️ SEND Reform Readiness template – to map current provision against the new tiered model before you write
☑️ Inclusion Strategy: Parent and Pupil Summary template – to communicate your strategy to families and pupils across different key stages
☑️ Developing an Effective Inclusion Strategy guidance – a five-step planning guide for school leaders

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