The Essential Inclusive Practice Development Programme provides an affordable, scalable way for schools and Multi-Academy Trusts to build and maintain consistent awareness and best practice across all staff.
Establish consistent, evidence-based neuroinclusive practice across your MAT, Trust or School.
The Essential Inclusive Practice Development Programme provides an affordable, scalable way for schools and Multi-Academy Trusts to build and maintain consistent awareness and best practice across all staff.
Grounded in nationally recognised evidence-based frameworks, Essential Inclusive Practice Development Programme equips teams with the tools to confidently deliver measurable improvement, readiness and strong foundations for deeper engagement in neuroinclusive practice.
Key Features
- Flexible, self-guided learning for all staff
- Industry-leading CPD accredited modules: Making Sense of Autism, Good Autism Practice, and Making Sense of Neurodivergence
- Competencies and Standards Frameworks to guide staff and school development
- Pupil milestone tracker using the Progression Framework
- Optional self-assessment benchmarking tools and CPD resources
- Pathway to the National Autistic Society Inclusion Award for mainstream settings
Benefits
- Affordable and scalable training solution for all schools and Trusts
- Provides consistent organisation-wide neuroinclusive practice and awareness
- Creates inspection-ready evidence through structured frameworks and measurable outcomes
- Builds strong foundations for progression into our Enhanced Inclusive Practice Development Programme
Ideal For
- Primary and secondary schools embedding neuroinclusive practice
- Small schools or resource-limited settings looking for affordable CPD
- Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) and Trust central teams seeking a unified training framework
- Leaders, SENCOs and Inclusion Directors who need to deliver awareness training across their settings
The Essential Inclusive Practice Development Programme is the most accessible and scalable pathway for schools, MATs and Trusts to embed neuroinclusive practice.
From building awareness to leading culture change, Essential provides award-winning training, structured frameworks, and CPD-accredited pathways that help settings reduce barriers, evidence impact, and grow confident leaders of best neuroinclusive practice.
