Achievement for all – supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

The DfE has announced that the Achievement for All programme will be rolled out nationally. This pilot programme has been designed to help children and young people with SEND to make the best possible progress at school in attainment, behaviour and attendance.

The programme has been running in around 450 schools for the past two years. An independent evaluation carried out by the University of Manchester showed that pupils with SEND in schools that followed the Achievement for All programme made significant progress. 

As a result of this success, the DfE has announced that the programme will now be rolled out nationally with support of government funding. The programme is being delivered by a new charity, Achievement for All 3As.

Details about the programme and how to enrol can be found here.

The programme is attracting considerable interest in schools.  The evaluation report found that the programme is most effective when it is used as part of a whole school approach to school improvement and is fully championed and supported by school senior leaders.