By 31 December 2026, mainstream schools in England receiving the Inclusive Mainstream Fund must publish an Inclusion Strategy Statement.

But what should this strategy include, and how can schools make it a plan that delivers long-term value and benefits the greatest number of learners?

In this webinar with Stuart Kime and Victoria Gardiner-Earl, Deputy Director at Newcastle Research School they explored this new strategy requirement and explained what an Inclusion Strategy Statement is, what schools are expected to include in it, and how it connects to the seven principles of inclusion set out by the Department for Education.

They also focused on one of the most powerful ways schools can use the Inclusive Mainstream Fund: sustained, evidence-informed professional learning that strengthens high-quality, adaptive teaching.

The DfE explicitly identifies professional development focused on improving classroom teaching as an appropriate use of the fund, so we’ll look at how schools can connect their pupils’ needs and barriers to learning to high quality professional learning, and how they can make that case clearly and defensibly within their strategy.

Watch the full webinar below, also available as a podcast.