Deploying Specialists in Mainstream Settings to Improve Outcomes for Learners with SEND

The Sea View Trust and East Lancashire Inclusion Partnership, supported by Blackpool Research School, undertook research to provide an in-depth understanding of the effective deployment of specialists in mainstream settings. The aim being to increase awareness amongst school leaders of the wider range of support available to schools to enrich their provision at the whole school (universal) and Special Educational Needs (SEN) support levels.

This project was intended to support wider Department for Education (DfE) aims to improve early intervention and to enable Special Educational Needs Co-ordinators (SENCOs) to support school and Multi Academy Trust (MAT) leaders in making decisions about their investment in specialist provision.