Use Your Inclusive Mainstream Funding to Build Lasting SEND Capacity
The Government's Inclusive Mainstream Funding (IMF) provides schools with an opportunity to do more than simply respond to increasing SEND demand. Used strategically, it can help build the skills, systems and specialist workforce needed to improve outcomes for children and young people with additional needs.
At The Support School (TSS), we help schools use this investment to create lasting improvements in inclusive practice, staff confidence and pupil outcomes.
Rather than purchasing short-term interventions, we work alongside schools to develop sustainable, evidence-informed SEND provision that continues long after the funding has been spent.
How schools can fund our services
The Support School offers a range of specialist education consultancy and tutoring services designed to meet the diverse needs of learners, families, and schools. We understand the challenges schools face in securing adequate funding for vital support. Here, we outline various funding avenues you can explore to partner with us.
How Can IMF Funding Be Used?
While every school's priorities will differ, Inclusive Mainstream Funding can support activity that strengthens inclusive practice and helps schools meet the needs of more learners within mainstream provision.
Specialist SEND Teaching
- Targeted English and Maths intervention
- Individual and small-group tuition
- Support for pupils at risk of exclusion
- GCSE intervention programmes
- Functional Skills provision
- EBSA reintegration support
SEND Consultancy
Our experienced consultants can help schools with:
- Whole-school SEND audits
- Inclusion reviews
- EHCP provision reviews
- Graduated Response implementation
- SEND strategy development
- SENCO mentoring and coaching
- Attendance and EBSA reviews
- Behaviour and inclusion reviews
Staff Training
Build confidence across your workforce through practical CPD including:
- Adaptive teaching
- Autism
- ADHD
- Executive functioning
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Trauma-informed practice
- Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)
- Inclusive classroom practice
- Restorative approaches
- Supporting sensory regulation
- Effective deployment of Teaching Assistants
Training can be delivered in person or online and tailored to your school's priorities.
Build Capacity – Not Dependency
Too often, schools use additional funding to purchase temporary support that disappears when the funding ends.
At TSS, our philosophy is different.
Our aim is to leave your school stronger than when we arrived.
That means:
- Increasing staff confidence
- Developing specialist knowledge
- Creating sustainable systems
- Improving classroom practice
- Strengthening leadership
- Building long-term inclusion
A Workforce Reform Opportunity
One of the greatest challenges facing schools today is the increasing complexity of SEND.
Teachers are managing increasingly diverse classrooms.
SENCOs are carrying unprecedented levels of responsibility.
Teaching Assistants and HLTAs are often expected to deliver highly specialised support without access to advanced professional development.
We believe this is where genuine workforce reform begins.
The Support School is a strong advocate for developing specialist SEND practitioners within mainstream education. By investing in advanced training and specialist support, schools can begin building internal expertise that reduces reliance on external agencies and improves outcomes for pupils over the long term.
Let's talk!
Whether you want to improve classroom inclusion, strengthen your SEND strategy or develop a more confident workforce, we can help you make the greatest impact from your Inclusive Mainstream Funding.
Every school is different, so we will work with you to design a bespoke programme aligned to your priorities, budget and improvement plan.
Book a Free Consultation
We would be delighted to discuss how your school can use Inclusive Mainstream Funding to strengthen inclusive practice and improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
