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Find out how we can support your inclusion strategy.

Since July 2026, eligible schools and 16–19 providers can receive a share of the £500 million Inclusive Mainstream Fund for 2026/27. The Teacher CPD Academy and InnerDrive workshops can support you in putting it to work — because inclusion isn’t about fitting every child into the same system, it’s about building a system that helps every child to participate and succeed.

THE CHALLENGE

More needs in every classroom, less time to prepare for them.

Teachers need to support a wider range of needs than ever, and inclusion can feel like a daunting specialism they were never trained for. Chasing a separate strategy for every need isn’t sustainable.

OUR APPROACH

Strengthen quality-first teaching that benefits everyone.

Good teaching for pupils with additional needs contains the same elements as good teaching for all. We help your staff to use, and adapt, those fundamentals with confidence.

HOW WE FIT YOUR INCLUSION STRATEGY

QUALITY-FIRST TEACHER TRAINING: EXAMPLE RESOURCES

Adaptations and additional support

Targeted resources for adaptive teaching, belonging and supporting students with SEND

Classroom adaptations

Small group & on-to-one

Teaching assistant deployment

Monitoring impact

COURSE

Adaptive Teaching

Support student learning by making impactful adjustments to instruction whilst maintaining high expectations for all students and learners.

KEYNOTE

Demystifying Adaptive Teaching

Filmed live at the 2026 Teaching & Learning Summit, Jade unpacks what adaptive teaching really means in practice, clear strategies for embedding high-quality adaptive teaching into everyday classroom practice.

TOOL

The CPD Suite | Jade Pearce

Designed by us and delivered by you, The CPD Suite is a ready-to-use professional development toolkit to help you facilitate high-quality, evidence-informed training.

COURSE

SEND & Cognitive Science

In this interactive course, staff can explore how Cognitive Science strategies can be adapted for students with SEND to enhance their learning.

VIDEO MODELLING

Teaching Unpacked | Doug Lemov

Watch expert teaching in action with real-life examples of strategies accompanied by Doug's expert analysis on topics including small group work, turn-and-talk and more.

CSN TALK

Creating a Truly Inclusive School | Gary Aubin

In this Cognitive Science Network talk, Gary explores what it means to be an inclusive school and what proactive steps we can take to make learning work for all students.

COURSE

Teaching Assistants

In this upcoming interactive course and extended topic area, discover how to make the most out of your Teaching Assistants.

IN PERSON

Supporting SEND Students

Book in-person CPD workshops to help your stafff create inclusive classrooms that support the learning of everyone, including students with SEND.

COURSE

ADHD & Autism

In this upcoming interactive course and topic area, staff can learn how to support their students with SEND such as ADHD and Autism, within a mainstream classroom setting.

COURSE

Becoming Evidence-informed

Enhance your practice by developing your knowledge of how to read, understand and analyse research.

TOOL

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How can we best support students with SEND | Expert Insights with Gary Aubin

Gary suggests that high-quality teaching and strong teacher-student relationships are key in supporting students with SEND. He also highlights the challenges of creating strategies that work for everyone.

CSN TALK

Implementing CPD So It Sticks | Amarbeer Singh Gill & Nick Pointer

Staff CPD is a great vehicle for facilitating change and enabling student progress. But unfortunately, it doesn’t always have the impact we want it to. This session explores why that is and what we can do about it.

High-quality teaching for all

Resources and courses to build a strong, evidence-informed foundation for all staff

Explicit instruction

Cognitive & metacognitive strategies

Scaffolding

Flexible grouping

Using technology

COURSE

Developing a Sense of Belonging

In collaboration with Jon Hutchinson, this topic area explores how to build inclusive classrooms and support your students to develop a sense of belonging.

VIDEO MODELLING

Teaching Unpacked | Doug Lemov

Watch expert teaching in action with real-life examples of strategies accompanied by Doug's expert analysis, including clips on cold-calling & group work.

TOOL

The CPD Suite | Jade Pearce

Designed by us and delivered by you, The CPD Suite is a ready-to-use professional development toolkit to help you facilitate high-quality, evidence-informed training.

COURSE

Metacognition

Develop students' metacognitive skills, helping them pick positive thought processes and strategies to boost learning, performance and well-being.

KEYNOTE

Developing Metacognitive Learners

Filmed live at the 2025 Teaching & Learning Summit, Bradley unpacks how to develop metacognitive thinking in students by teaching them to plan, monitor, and evaluate their learning more effectively

COURSE

Cognitive Load Theory

Avoid overloading your students by organising material in a way that allows information to be transferred to their long-term memory.

COURSE

Clear Explanations

Learn how clear explanations can help student learning and protect against information overload.

COURSE

Rosenshine's Principles

In this interactive course, staff learn how to apply Rosenshine's 10 Principles of Instruction in their classroom – and learn why they help students learn more effectively.

IN PERSON

Rosenshine's Principles of Instruction

Book in-person CPD workshops to help your stafff bridge the gap between Rosenshine's Principles and the cognitive science research that underpins them.

COURSE

Scaffolding

Empower independent learning by providing students with the right level of support to help them develop new skills and knowledge.

COURSE

Developing Schema

Presented by Sarah Cottinghatt and Rebecca Lowman, discover the research behind how students develop knowledge and make connections between what they know.

IN PERSON

Adaptive Teaching: Questions & Scaffolding

Book an engaging, interactive in-person CPD workshops to help your stafff ensure their students are participating and thinking hard.

COURSE

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What is the link between digital distraction and student motivation? | Expert Insights with Dr Abraham Flanigan

Discover how digital devices can be a tool but also a competitor to academic work in the classroom.

KEYNOTE

AI in Teaching & Learning

Filmed live at the 2025 Teaching & Learning Summit, Jonnie & Iro explore the growing importance of research on AI literacy, including how students understand, interact with, and think critically with AI.

IN PERSON

Using AI in Education

An in-person workshop exploring the good, the bad and the ugly of Artificial Intelligence in education, and develop strategies to use it moving forward.

HOW THIS MAPS TO THE INCLUSIVE MAINSTREAM FUND

Principle 3: High-quality teaching

The DfE’s Inclusive mainstream fund: best practice for schools guidance lists 7 principles of instruction that schools should embed inclusive practice in line with. InnerDrive & the Teacher CPD Academy can help schools to embed arguably the most important: high-quality teaching.

We help schools & colleges to utilise evidence-informed strategies which support every student, and can be adapted to meet a range of diverse needs and increase participation – an approach informed by the Education Endowment Foundation’s guidance on inclusive teaching.

THE EVIDENCE BEHIND IT

Grounded in the new inspection framework

We analysed 400+ inspection reports made under the new framework to highlight the common issues schools encounter, then turned it into practical CPD.

Read our Inclusion framework analysis paper on classroom adaptation, monitoring of provision, SEND identification & family confidence, and curriculum access:

£500m+

The inclusive mainstream fund is worth over £500m. This is split, with £400m/pa allocated to schools and an additional £83m/pa for 16-19 providers.

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The government highlights seven principles of inclusion that mainstream settings are expect to embed.

July '26

Schools will receive one payment that can be spent on inclusion provision throughout the 2026/27 financial year.

Dec '26

Schools must publish their inclusion strategy statement by 31 December 2026.

3 years

The fund runs across the next three years, with funding allocated each year.

What else is available on the Academy?

Inclusion isn't a specialist add-on; it’s the everyday work of every teacher, in every lesson. You don't need all staff to be SEND experts; when they feel confident in providing high-quality adaptive teaching, more children stay engaged and achieve. The Teacher CPD Academy gives your whole staff that confidence, with access to every course, keynote and tool, and new areas added all the time at no extra cost. Here's a peek at what it includes:

Teaching Unpacked

Expert Insights

Cognitive Science Network

Interactive Courses

The CPD Suite

Lesson Materials

Lesson Materials.

Flexible, ready-made resources that teachers can use directly with their students packaged into 40-minute and 15-minute lessons.

A title card for a 40-minute lesson on Concentration Training.

15 MIN

Artificial Intelligence

15 MIN

Imposter Syndrome

A title card for a 40-minute lesson on Studying with the Brain in Mind.

15 MIN

Fear of Failure

15 MIN

Perfectionism

15 MIN

Managing Mobile Phones

40 MIN

Studying with the Brain in Mind

40 MIN

Mastery Mindset

40 MIN

Concentration Training

15 MIN

Note Taking

15 MIN

Procrastination

A title card for a 40-minute lesson on Mastery Mindset.

15 MIN

Learning From Mistakes & Failures

15 min

Goal Setting

15 MIN

Asking For Feedback

15 MIN

Sleeping Better

15 MIN

Boosting Motivation

15 MIN

Impostor Syndrome

15 min

Fear of Failure

15 MIN

Perfectionism

40 MIN

Concentration Training

15 MIN

Managing Mobile Phones

40 MIN

Studying with the Brain in Mind

40 MIN

Mastery Mindset

15 MIN

Goal Setting

15 MIN

Note Taking

15 MIN

Procrastination

15 MIN

Learning From Mistakes & Failures

15 MIN

Boosting Motivation

15 MIN

Asking For Feedback

15 MIN

Sleeping Better

15 MIN

Artificial Intelligence

Now including primary-specific topics!

Interactive Courses.

Packed with videos, quizzes, reading resources and engaging experiments, the Interactive Courses take teachers through the fundamentals of a diverse range of topic areas, including:

Developing Independent Learners

Developing Creativity

Improving Attention

Adaptive Teaching

Clear Explanations

Homework

Developing Schema

Scaffolding

Oracy for Learning

Rosenshine's Principles

Delivering Feedback

Metacognition

Resilience and Motivation

Retrieval Practice

Growth
Mindset

Cold-Calling and Wait Times

Understanding Students' Social and Emotional Needs

Spacing, Interleaving and Dual Coding

Cognitive Load Theory

Asking Effective Questions

Oracy for Learning

Delivering Feedback

Cognitive Load Theory

Metacognition

Developing Creativity

Improving Attention

Developing Independent Learners

Understanding Students' Social and Emotional Needs

Spacing, Interleaving and Dual Coding

Becoming Evidence-informed

Asking Effective Questions

Clear Explanations

Homework

Developing Schema

Scaffolding

Adaptive Teaching

With Doug Lemov

Watch classroom demonstrations with legendary educator, Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like a Champion, as he provides insightful commentary to help you apply crucial Cognitive Science principles to your own teaching practices.

Expert Insights & Keynotes.

Learn about practical and effective applications of Cognitive Science directly from world-renowned education experts and researchers.

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You can expect insights from:

Doug Lemov

John Hattie

Faria Sana

John Dunlosky

Jade Pearce

Dylan Wiliam

Pippa Busch

Paul Caldarella

Katie Holmes

Blake Harvard

Kripa Sundar

Mustafa Sarkar

Alice Latimier

Sarah Oberle

Cat Scutt

+ many more!

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Members of the Senior Leadership Team from your school or college now get access to the Cognitive Science Network.

Monthly seminars

Led by renowned experts in key Cognitive Science areas.

Networking

With like-minded leaders to discuss best practices.

Exclusive resources

That will help you implement an evidence-informed approach.

Designed by us, delivered by you

Made in collaboration with Jade Pearce, The CPD Suite is a ready-to-use professional development toolkit to help you facilitate high-quality, evidence-informed training. It includes nine expertly crafted, editable sessions, each featuring: