Get the Inclusive Mainstream Fund right, and your Inclusion Strategy done
Every mainstream school in England must publish an Inclusion Strategy by 31 December 2026, setting out how you’ll spend your Inclusive Mainstream Fund (IMF) allocation and your notional SEN budget to remove barriers to learning. WE have created resources to help you plan your funding and write your strategy with confidence.
Build your Inclusion Strategy
Guides and worked examples for understanding the new Inclusive Mainstream Funding and writing your inclusion strategy.
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Plan your spending
Understand how you can spend your allocation.
Inclusive Mainstream Funding Best Practice
DfE's 7 principles of inclusion translated into practical, best practice for spending for school leaders.
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Write your Inclusion Strategy
From blank page to published strategy.
Writing Your Inclusion Strategy: Advice for Senior Leaders
A walkthrough of each section of the template, with guidance on what good looks like and common pitfalls to avoid.
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See what it can look like
Two fully worked examples, mapped to the DfE template.
Sample Primary School Inclusion Strategy
Foxglove Primary School (illustrative, fictional figures).
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Sample Secondary School Inclusion Strategy
Millbrook Park Academy (illustrative, fictional figures).
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Need a hand pulling it all together?
Satchel Pulse can help you gather the student voice, belonging and pupil data your strategy needs to back up your plans.
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By the time you see it, it's already cost you
Budgets are stretched. Recruitment costs are rising. Absence, behaviour and staff turnover are draining resources you can't spare. The Inclusive Mainstream Fund raises the stakes: belonging and attendance are highlighted, so schools/Trusts must prove the money is changing outcomes — not just covering costs.
Attendance and behaviour dashboards only tell you what's already happened. By the time a dip shows up, the problem has been building for months. An inclusion strategy built on hindsight won't hold up to governors, Ofsted or the DfE.
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