Inclusion

SENCO Inclusion Network Meeting - 7th October 2026

Audience: SENCOs, inclusion leaders, senior leaders, teaching and learning leaders, headteachers, primary and secondary.y.
Course Date: Wednesday 7th October 2026 - 14:00-16:00
Course Location: To be confirmed
Fees: Free for GLP Schools, £50pp for non-members
Facilitator: Adam Lowing

This course will provide:

Building on the June Inclusion/SEN Forum’s exploration of inclusion bases, adaptive teaching and curriculum access, this session will focus on the new DfE expectations for schools’ Inclusion Strategies.

Colleagues will explore the Inclusive Mainstream Fund, the DfE’s seven principles of inclusion and the requirement for schools to publish an Inclusion Strategy by 31st December 2026.

The session will also draw upon the Education Endowment Foundation’s new Guide to Inclusive Teaching and Promising Programmes resource. Participants will consider how schools can use evidence to strengthen universal provision, select appropriate adaptations and targeted support, and evaluate their impact on pupils’ learning and participation.

There will be opportunities for colleagues to share practice, examine commonly occurring barriers within their school cohorts and begin developing evidence-informed priorities for their Inclusion Strategies.

Key Aims:

• To understand the purpose, expectations and accountability associated with the Inclusive Mainstream Fund and Inclusion Strategy.
• To connect cohort needs, evidence-informed provision, funding decisions and measurable pupil outcomes.
• To use the EEF’s model of universal approaches, adaptations and additional support to review current practice.
• To consider how targeted interventions can be selected, implemented and evaluated effectively.
• To support SENCOs and senior leaders in developing a coherent whole-school approach to inclusion.
• To use expertise and knowledge from across the network while drawing upon national guidance, research and evidence as inspiration.

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