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Our Auditing and Leading Improvement module will enable you to evaluate your inclusive provision, helping you to understand the strengths and weaknesses of how pupils with SEND are supported.
Many school improvements fail, not because the ideas are poor, but because the implementation gap, the distance between a policy and its actual practice, is too wide. This course is designed for senior inclusion leaders and SENCOs who want to master the evidence-based frameworks required for long-lasting, systemic change in an area of inclusive practice.
During this module, you will identify an area of focus in your inclusive provision and undertake an improvement project, successfully bringing about whole-school, departmental or trust-wide change. This makes it ideal for SENCOs and inclusion leads preparing for the new SEND reforms.
This programme is quality assured by Middlesex University and you will receive a Middlesex postgraduate award on successful completion.
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Online – self paced
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Cohorts begin in January, May and September.
The next cohort begins on 15 May 2026. Book and register before 15 May 2026 to join our next cohort.
Understand the principles of implementation science and the factors influencing successful change in educational settings, with a particular focus on SEND.
Conduct an evaluation of your SEND provision, across eight key areas of focus; outcomes, leadership, quality of teaching and learning, working with pupils, parents and carers, assessment and identification, monitoring, tracking and evaluation, efficient use of resources and developing expertise and provision. This will include triangulating data, benchmarking statistics, using pupil voice and gathering perspectives of others.
Explore the process of identifying suitable interventions or aspects of your provision that need changing. Select an area of focus for your transformation project.
Understand the role of evidence in education and access our online library to explore the evidence base behind your chosen area of improvement.
Develop a clear implementation plan, assessing school readiness and refining your leadership and stakeholder engagement skills to ensure a logical and well-sequenced approach.
Deliver the change project, monitoring and making intelligent adaptations to maximise purpose and impact.
Learn how to sustain and embed change, without weakening impact through unintended fidelity drift.
This module will benefit you and your setting in a wide variety of ways. Over the duration of the course, you will:
Some recent areas our delegates have chosen to focus on include the introduction of a resource base with alternative curriculum pathways, the development of a programme of bi-weekly CPD focused on teaching and learning for SEND learners, introducing the SEEC model, and overhauling the behaviour management policy and its implementation.
This course will be beneficial for those working in a range of roles in a wide variety of educational settings including trust-level roles. You must be in a position where you are able to audit current provision and implement improvements with the support of your school or setting’s senior leadership team.
For the SEND and Inclusion specialism, you might be a SENCO, Inclusion Manager or working in another role where you are leading SEND and/or inclusion across your setting.
For the Assessment specialism, you might be a SENCO, Exams Officer, or working in another role where you are leading the Educational Testing and/or Access Arrangements provision across your setting.
Your assessments will consist of the following:
You will need an undergraduate degree to take this module.
You will need to be working in an education setting for this module.
It is expected that delegates starting this module will have already completed other relevant qualifications and/or experience.
For the SEND & Inclusion specialism, this could include one or more of the following:
For the Assessment specialism, this could include one or more of the following:
Cohorts begin in January, May and September.
The next cohort begins on 15 May 2026. Book and register before 15 May 2026 to join our next cohort.
We offer a flexible range of fees to suit you:
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Speak to us on +44(0)1273 358080 or make a booking.
You will have up to a year to complete this course.
We do understand, however, that circumstances can arise that could prevent the course from being completed during this time. If this is the case, an extension can be arranged in conjunction with the admin team and your tutor.
“The way the course is laid out allows you to walk through a journey so at every stage the assignment is relative. The Implementation Plan and the final Critical Analysis for me was the most helpful.”
Abeeda Makda
Rebecca is a module leader on our Auditing and Leading Improvement and NASENCO courses
She is also Director of Inclusion for Every Child, Every Day Multi Academy Trust (MAT). Her role includes supporting and working in collaboration with Headteachers, senior leaders and SENCOs to develop a person-centred approach to inclusion.
She also works as a Deputy SEND Leader for East of England and North East London (WSS/ NASEN) and has over 15 years’ experience working as a senior school Leader, Deputy Headteacher, Assistant head teacher and a SENCO in several inner-city schools.
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