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Practical tools and guides to support your leadership and inclusion work.
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Downloadable guides and toolkits to support inclusion, belonging, and leadership in your setting.
EDUCATING HORIZONSIMF Inclusion Strategy
[School name]
Academic year: [insert] | Published: [date] | Review date: [date]
Based on the DfE Inclusion Strategy Template (Inclusive Mainstream Fund: support for school leaders). Schools must publish this on their website by 31 December 2026. If producing a multi-year strategy, note the annual review requirement here.
1. Statement of Intent
A short statement (DfE guidance: 500 words maximum) setting out your school's commitment to inclusive mainstream practice and how you intend to use your IMF allocation alongside your core budget, including notional SEN budget, to build a stronger inclusive offer in line with the 7 principles of inclusion.
2. Barriers to Learning and Participation
Set out the commonly occurring barriers to learning and participation identified across your cohort — drawn from classroom observation, internal assessment, family and pupil engagement, external professional input, SEND/attendance/behaviour/ attainment data, and local or national trends.
A visual guide to the updated statutory duties, safeguarding architecture, and building a proactive culture — effective 1 September 2026.
An executive guide to the methodology, allocation, and strategic implementation of the DfE's Mainstream Inclusive Fund for state-funded schools. Department for Education official guidance summary.
A visual guide exploring the eight traits of leadership, from leading self with inward discipline to leading systems through shared practice. Courtesy of Collab+® by Educating Horizons.
A practical guide to building a culture of belonging grounded in the Collab+® 6-Strand Framework. Includes audit checklists, RAG assessments, action plan templates, and staff reflection prompts.
EdHorizons Lab™
Interactive data visualisation of London borough inclusion, attendance, exclusions, NEET and EHC plan statistics — courtesy of EdHorizons Lab™.
London Borough Inclusion Data Dashboard
Interactive map — exclusions, attendance, NEET, EHC plans & deprivation across all 32 London boroughs, benchmarked against London & England averages.
London Borough Profiles
One page per borough — suspensions, exclusions, attendance, absence, NEET, EHC plans, school characteristics & deprivation rank across all 32 London boroughs.
London Borough Inclusion Data Report
Accompanying data report — exclusions, attendance, NEET, EHC plans, school characteristics & deprivation across all 32 London boroughs, with London and England benchmarks.
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Leaders
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Parents & CarersPartnership & Planning Journal
By Educating Horizons
Available in 6 versions — Youth, Community, Statutory & LA, Schools, Leaders, and Parents & Carers — each a companion planning journal to the Collab+® platform.
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Programmes
Bespoke curriculum programmes for schools and settings — priced as one-off packages. Enquire to tailor the scope and dates to your context.
KS2–KS4 · 39 weeks, 6 terms — your flagship, most comprehensive SEL programme
KS2–KS4 · 12-week intensive version of the core curriculum
Branded Merch
Show your support with official Educating Horizons and MentorED™ branded merchandise — beanies, tote bags, notebooks, and more. Available on request.
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