Practical guidance for inclusive schools
Field guides, checklists and evidence-led questions for the people joining up SEND, attendance, safeguarding, health, assessment and behaviour.
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Each stream keeps related guidance together and makes the professional boundaries around the subject explicit.
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Written for the jobs that land on an inclusion lead: the audit before September, the report nobody can evidence, the meeting that needs a decision. Every article checks its sources against the current guidance and says when it was last checked.
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Prepare an agreed six-week SEND review in England: check support delivered, access, comparable evidence and pupil and parent views before deciding the next step.
Read the lead articleAn annotated medication-record handover checklist for schools in England, separating missing entries, authorisation, availability and owned follow-up.
England school news from 4 to 10 October 2026: Ofsted feedback, free school meals, phonics, attendance, high-needs places, AI planning and pupil rolls.
Reconcile school attendance data after class changes with a worked ranking reversal and a practical ledger for membership, roll dates and human review.
Use six referral-readiness questions to check AP placement information, responsibilities, support, missing evidence and follow-up before the proposed start.
Review filtering and monitoring alerts with a human-led DSL record: check provenance, missing context, AI-generated content and accountable next steps.
A practical England guide to carrying essential pupil health information into PE, clubs and trips without copying whole medical records.
Build a dyslexia support record in England: connect reading evidence, classroom adjustments, intervention delivery and pupil views before the next review.
England school news from 27 September to 3 October 2026: safeguarding duties, academy pay, pupil research, SEND capacity, funding and inspection proposals.
Build an AP placement-review evidence pack with clear objectives, session records, pupil views, evidence gaps and owned next steps for providers and schools.
Use an annotated change log and matched windows to review school behaviour data, with recording coverage, exposure, pupil voice and human decisions visible.
Review protective and support arrangements after reports of child-on-child sexual violence or harassment, with evidence limits and DSL decisions visible.
Use a compare, respond, revisit feedback routine to check pupil action, later independent evidence, adjustments and human review without heavy marking.
England school news from 20 to 26 September 2026, covering vocational GCSEs, funding, trust staffing, attendance, inspection data and SEND teacher training.
Use a six-part attendance intervention delivery audit to separate assigned support from delivery, participation, attendance context and human review.
Use a five-part school decision record to separate peer conflict from possible child-on-child abuse and move concerns promptly to the DSL.
Review three weeks of school attendance data by session, weekday and cohort, then test signals against prior-year evidence and pupil context.
England school news from 13 to 19 September 2026, covering food, funding, teacher pay, academy governance, post-16 routes and enrichment.
England school news from 6 to 12 September 2026, covering exams, PISA, KS2, flu vaccination, online safety and Ofsted inclusion analysis.
Use a six-part attendance support meeting agenda to hear pupil and family context, agree owned actions and set a clear review point.
