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The June 2026 inclusion bases guidance sets a clear direction: every secondary school is expected to run an inclusion base, with equivalent places in primary, and there is real funding behind it. But the guidance is deliberately non-prescriptive, which leaves leaders needing to make careful decisions about design, cohort, and quality.
We help mainstream schools and trusts set up inclusion bases that genuinely include children, rather than quietly separating them, and that stand up to scrutiny.
What Is Our Inclusion Base Support?
It is hands-on support to design and set up an inclusion base in your mainstream school or trust, aligned to the Department for Education’s June 2026 inclusion bases guidance. We help you decide where your provision should sit on the continuum, define your target cohort, plan the workforce and curriculum, and connect it all to your inclusion strategy and Inclusive Mainstream Fund plan.
The aim is a base that keeps children as included as possible and delivers genuinely high-quality provision, not a rebranded unit.
Who Is Our Inclusion Base Support For?
It is for mainstream primary and secondary schools and trusts setting up a new inclusion base, or improving an existing one. It suits leaders responding to the new guidance and the expectation on secondaries, and those building their base into their statutory inclusion strategy.
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What Does Our Inclusion Base Support Include?
- Support to design your base against the six principles of effective practice
- Deciding where your provision sits on the inclusion continuum
- Defining a clear target cohort and provision intent
- Workforce and leadership planning, including teacher-led delivery
- Curriculum and reintegration planning for the base
- Links to your inclusion strategy and Inclusive Mainstream Fund plan
- Guidance on an inclusive, accessible physical environment
How Does Our Inclusion Base Support Help Your School, Academy, Trust, or Setting?
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Get it right from the start
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Design for your cohort
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Place it on the continuum
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Get the workforce right
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Connect it to your strategy
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Meet the six principles
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Stand up to scrutiny
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How Our Inclusion Base Support Works
- 1We talk through your school, cohort, and what is prompting the base.
- 2We help you define provision intent and where it sits on the continuum.
- 3We plan workforce, curriculum, reintegration, and environment with you.
- 4We connect the base to your inclusion strategy and funding plan.
- 5We leave you with a clear, deliverable plan aligned to the guidance.
What You Get at the End
- A base designed against the six principles of effective practice
- A clear target cohort and provision intent
- A workforce and curriculum plan that meets the guidance
- A base joined up with your inclusion strategy and funding
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Key Features of Our Service
Guidance-aligned
We work directly to the June 2026 inclusion bases guidance and its six principles.
Inclusion-first
We help you build a base that includes, in line with the guidance’s clear intent.
Strategy-linked
We connect your base to your inclusion strategy and Inclusive Mainstream Fund plan.
Why Choose Jarvis Education?
We work only in education and understand both inclusion and alternative provision from the inside. Our support helps you build an inclusion base that reflects the June 2026 guidance in substance, not just name — genuinely inclusive, properly staffed, and joined up with your strategy and funding — so it does right by the children it serves and stands up to scrutiny.
Next Steps & How to Get Started
- Speak to us about your plans for an inclusion base.
- We help you design it against the June 2026 guidance.
- Contact us today to set up your inclusion base well.
Who We Work With
We support settings of every type across England and internationally.
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