The Inclusion Pack brings together the tools a headteacher and SENCo need to evaluate, evidence and improve inclusion, updated for autumn 2026. Built by practising school leaders in the HeadteacherChat community.
What's inside
- Inclusion checklist and SEND monitoring toolkit, autumn 2026
- Half-termly SEND monitoring sheet and the SENCo's provision record templates
- Inclusion evidence: the ten-minute test
- Inclusion strategy proforma and a worked example for 2026/27, with a school leaders' briefing
- Inclusion as a graded evaluation area: what the September 2026 toolkit update changes
- Inclusion self-evaluation and action planning tool
- SEND self-evaluation and inspection preparation checklist, and a SEND statutory requirements checklist
- SEND pressure and limited funding: a triage plan and prompt
- Adaptive teaching checklist and a two-page learning walk proforma
- Governor briefing and strategic audit tool for inclusion
- Guide to high-quality inclusive practice for diverse needs
- Inspection-focused staff meeting on inclusion: agenda and slide deck (PowerPoint)
- SEND monitoring template and SENCo interview evaluation template
Delivered as one zip file of editable Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents. Adapt the wording to your own school, trust or local authority context before use.
Part of the HeadteacherChat community library. Members get this pack, every other pack and every update when guidance changes, alongside live sessions and more than 1,400 fellow school leaders. Join the community.




