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⭐ Part One – NEW 2026 DfE Inclusion Base Guidance

This brand-new section explores everything schools need to understand about the DfE’s latest guidance and what it means in practice.

You’ll explore:

• Understanding the new DfE Inclusion Base Guidance
• Why the terminology has changed
• The different types of Inclusion Base
• High-quality teaching as the foundation
• Adaptive teaching, targeted support and specialist provision
• Who should access an Inclusion Base
• Entry and exit criteria
• Reintegration planning from day one
• Avoiding the biggest risks identified within the guidance
• Maintaining ambitious curriculum expectations
• Access is never a sanction
• Keeping children connected to mainstream learning
• Designing an effective physical environment
• Staffing, leadership and professional development
• Working successfully with families
• Pupil voice
• Multi-agency working
• Measuring impact and success
• Quality assurance and self-evaluation
• Common mistakes schools make
• Questions every SENCO should ask
• Bringing everything together into a whole-school inclusive approach

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⭐ Part Two – Developing a Nurture or Resource Base

The original nurture provision training remains highly relevant and explores the theory and practical approaches that underpin successful Inclusion Bases.

Topics include:

🔎 Identifying Pupil Needs

• Identifying pupils who would benefit from nurture or specialist provision
• Assessment tools and early identification
• Understanding SEMH needs
• Attachment
• Behaviour as communication
• Sensory and relational needs

👩‍🏫 Identifying the Right Staff

• What makes an effective nurture practitioner?
• Building the right team
• Professional development
• Reflective supervision
• Staff wellbeing

✅ What Good Provision Looks Like

• The Six Principles of Nurture
• Good quality provision vs poor practice
• Evidence-informed nurture approaches
• Practical examples from schools

⚠ Common Pitfalls

Avoiding:

• Becoming a dumping ground
• Poor planning
• Lack of curriculum
• Behaviour-led provision
• Unsustainable staffing
• Weak leadership

🗂 Planning Your Provision

• Step-by-step planning
• Environmental design
• Daily routines
• Timetabling
• Resources
• Budget planning
• The Inclusion Hub Shopping List
• Integrating provision within whole-school systems

🏫 How Your Provision Fits Within School

• Leadership responsibilities
• The role of the SENCO
• Working with class teachers
• Whole-school inclusion
• SEND and AP Improvement Plan links

🗣 Working with Parents

• Building trusting relationships
• Effective communication
• Managing expectations
• Sharing progress
• Collaborative working

📊 Assessment, Planning and Review

• Monitoring progress
• Assessing SEMH needs
• Tracking outcomes
• Reviewing provision
• Adjusting support
• Planning next steps

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📄 Downloadable Resources Included

This course now includes a comprehensive toolkit of editable resources, including:

NEW Inclusion Base Resources

• Inclusion Base Self-Audit Tool
• Inclusion Base Quality Assurance Tool
• Entry and Exit Criteria
• Reintegration Plan
• Keeping in Touch Plan
• Inclusion Base Action Planning Documents
• Review paperwork
• Self-evaluation tools

Nurture Provision Resources

• Developing a Nurture or Resource Base Guide
• Inclusion Hub Shopping List
• Budget Planner
• Action Planning Templates
• Pupil Identification Resources

Plus

• Planning templates
• Checklists
• Parent communication documents
• Staff guidance
• Practical implementation tools

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💻 Watch Anytime, Anywhere

Study whenever it suits you.

✔ On-demand training

✔ CPD Certificate

✔ Instant access

✔ Downloadable resources

✔ Practical templates ready to use in school

✔ Regular updates as guidance evolves

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🎁 Included FREE with SEND Support On Demand

This webinar is included at no extra cost within SEND Support On Demand.

Subscribers also receive:

• 24+ hours of SEND CPD (growing to 30+ hours by the end of 2026)
• Downloadable templates and forms
• Staff training materials
• Exclusive subscriber-only content
• Bonus webinars
• Regular updates to reflect Ofsted and DfE changes
• 20% discount on supervision and coaching
• A welcome support call

Subscription Options

• £10 per month
• £120 per year
• £99 per year (multiple school discount)

📧 lynn@positiveyoungmind.com

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This practical training has been created to help schools build inclusive, sustainable and evidence-informed provision that enables children with SEND to thrive in their inclusion base while remaining connected to mainstream school life.