With budgets stretched and SEND needs increasing, improving provision can sometimes feel as though it comes with an impossible price tag. But some of the most powerful changes we can make for children and young people don’t cost very much at all.
In this practical session, Lynn will explore how schools can strengthen SEND and inclusive practice by making better use of what they already have. We’ll look at realistic adaptive teaching approaches, simple and low-cost interventions, reducing reliance on resource-heavy individual support, and the everyday classroom changes that can make learning more accessible.
Lynn will also look beyond interventions to the things that cost little or nothing but can have a significant impact: creating a genuine sense of belonging, strengthening relationships, understanding behaviour in context, developing inclusive school cultures and ensuring SEND really is everyone’s responsibility.
Hosted by Dr Steve Murray, Deputy Headteacher at Sexey’s School, Bruton, Somerset. Steve has a MSc and PhD in Climate Science and has taught geography in a number of secondary schools in North Bristol. He also has experience in middle and senior leadership, with both pastoral and pedagogical responsibility, alongside Trust leadership of Data Insights and Research. Follow Steve on X @EduResearching.