For the first time, departmental guidance has been produced to help settings and local authorities set up and deliver high-quality provision in inclusion bases, as well as support improvement of existing bases. The department has engaged widely with the school, SEND, and AP sectors in producing this guidance, and involved a wide range of stakeholders, including children and young people and parents and carers with experience of accessing bases, social care and allied health professionals, school and trust leaders, support staff, local authority SEND leads and organisations in the third sector. The guidance sets out six principles of effective practice for inclusion bases as well as guidance on effective commissioning. This is supported by 12 spotlight examples demonstrating the depth, breadth and impact of different inclusion base models.
The guidance is available at this link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusion-bases-in-schools
Alongside the inclusion bases guidance, we are publishing two reports.
The first is a report on research exploring the views and experiences of parents and carers whose children attend or have attended an inclusion base in a mainstream school.
The report is available at this link;
www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-bases-in-mainstream-schools-parent-views
The second report presents insights from academic experts on the impact of SEN units and resourced provision, and features of effective practice.
The report is available at this link;