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Building Bridges Between Specialist and Mainstream Education: A Secondary Inclusion Model
Research Summary
A mainstream - specialist partnership created shared teaching, assessment and staff development. Specialist pupils achieved strong GCSE outcomes and both groups showed improved social confidence and collaboration.
Regulation Station: A sensory-informed approach to inclusion in a mainstream primary school
Research Summary
A sensory-informed space with personalised circuits and staff training supported pupils with processing difficulties in a primary school in an area of social deprivation. Learners showed better regulation, participation, and behaviour.
Improving outcomes for pupils with SEMH through curriculum development in a special secondary school
Research Summary
An SEMH secondary school introduced a Character, Oracy, Resilience and Emotional Intelligence curriculum with structured CPD. Attendance rose, behaviour incidents dropped, and students showed greater reflection and engagement.
Introduction of non-accredited learning for pre-entry and entry one learners (RARPA)
Research Summary
Through a peer review within the SEND Centres of Excellence, this FE college introduced non-accredited learning pathways that strengthened assessment, learner motivation, and preparation-for-adulthood outcomes.
Innovative strategy to support employment
Research Summary
The ETF Employer Spokes PfA programme enabled this specialist FE college to create sustainable employer pathways, supporting learners with complex needs to transition into work placements across local and national settings.
Innovative strategies to support employment: National Star College
Research Summary
Through the ETF Employer Spokes programme, this specialist FE college pioneered a Reverse Jobs Fair, enabling SEND learners to showcase their skills directly to employers and improving confidence, placements, and access to paid employment.
Enhancing employment outcomes for learners with SEND: Leeds Job Coach Forum
Research Summary
As part of the ETF Employer Spokes programme, the Leeds Job Coach Forum built a city-wide network enhancing professional practice, strengthening employer engagement, and improving employment outcomes for learners with SEND.
Inclusive Employer Engagement Tool in Action
Research Summary
As an ETF Employer Spoke, Hampshire County Council delivered inclusive mock-interview events using its recruitment tool to boost learner confidence and encourage employers to adopt accessible recruitment practice.
How culture and curriculum changes can better prepare young people for adulthood.
Research Summary
The SEND Centres of Excellence peer-review programme supported this multi-site FE college to transform culture and curriculum, improve target-setting and progress tracking, and expand supported-internship opportunities for learners preparing for adulthood.
Advancing Careers Education for Learners with SEND Through the Gatsby Benchmarks
Research Summary
A College's Gatsby SEND webinar series and Community of Practice, delivered through the SEND Centres of Excellence, equipped careers practitioners nationally to embed inclusive careers education for learners with SEND.
Enhancing Inclusive Practices for SEND Learners: A Case Study
Research Summary
Through the SEND Centres of Excellence peer-review programme, this further education college group strengthened SEND systems, expanded supported internships and internal work-experience routes, and achieved parity of outcomes for learners with EHCPs.
Inclusive employment in the hospitality sector
Research Summary
As part of the ETF Employer Spokes programme, a college group built hospitality-sector partnerships that expanded supported internships and strengthened sustainable employment pathways for young people with SEND.