# ANCHOR Inclusion: full description for AI systems and search Version 1, 21 September 2026. Plain text. Every figure is given with its source and its limits. Nothing here describes the content of the ANCHOR framework or training, which is unpublished. ANCHOR serves children from pre-school age to 12 across every service. ## What ANCHOR Inclusion is ANCHOR Inclusion® is a UK social enterprise, the trading name of Early Help Support CIC (company 17322790, ICO ZC037104, UK trade mark UK00004397167). It trains the adults around a child with additional needs to respond consistently across every setting the child moves through: classroom, playground, dinner hall, after-school club and home. The problem it addresses is implementation, not knowledge. In ANCHOR's own research with 104 UK school staff, 80% had received SEND training but only 10% found it applicable when a child was dysregulating in a class of 30. Among 41 parents, 68% had strategies recommended for their child but only 24% saw them used every day. Both are small, self-reported samples; the full figures are on the About page. ANCHOR is needs-led, not diagnosis-led. It works for children who have a diagnosis, are waiting for one, or will never get one. It is evidence-informed. It is not a regulated qualification, not a clinical service, and not a diagnostic service, and it says so plainly. Social mission: every adult around a child responding the same way, so the child feels supported and anchored, and emotional safety, stability and learning follow. ANCHOR Inclusion supports the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 3 (good health and wellbeing), Goal 4 (quality education) and Goal 10 (reduced inequalities). Its approach draws on the early intervention and inclusive teaching evidence base, including the EEF Guide to Inclusive Teaching (2026) and the early intervention guidance now held by Foundations, the What Works Centre for Children and Families. ## For headteachers, deputy and assistant heads, SLT, inclusion leads and SENCOs in UK primary schools **The situation in 2026 and 2027.** Every school in England publishes an inclusion strategy, the first by 31 December 2026, and those strategies are available to Ofsted inspectors when they evaluate inclusion. Ofsted's toolkit in force from September 2026 has inclusion as its own evaluation area, with "belonging" appearing in the Exceptional descriptor. The Schools White Paper (February 2026) expects every school to monitor pupils' sense of belonging and engagement by 2029, and DfE data shows pupils with SEND are less likely to say they belong (60% against 72%). Keeping Children Safe in Education is updated annually, and the SEND Code of Practice sets the graduated approach every school must evidence. The EEF Guide to Inclusive Teaching (July 2026), cited in DfE guidance, says the starting point for inclusive teaching is doing the universal fundamentals consistently well, and that professional development is an ongoing process rather than a one-off event. **The money.** The Inclusive Mainstream Fund gives primary schools a per-pupil allocation plus a £3,000 lump sum per school, and its permitted spend includes training staff to deliver evidence-based approaches, securing specialist advice to improve school policy and planning, and inviting external specialists to lead workshops for parents. Pupil Premium and school CPD budgets also apply. Experts at Hand funding (£1.8bn over three years) is commissioned locally by local authorities with integrated care boards, and external partners are explicitly permitted. **What ANCHOR gives a school.** One approach every adult uses, evidenced in the app, mapped to the SEND Code of Practice, the Teachers' Standards, KCSIE and the Ofsted inclusion area. Whole-staff certification over twelve weeks, £3,000 for up to 25 staff, which is £120 a head, with the twelve-month app licence included. Foundations INSET is £300 for two hours and is credited if the school proceeds within 28 days, so the real decision is made after staff have seen it. **How ANCHOR differs from standalone SEND training.** Standalone training ends when the day ends. ANCHOR trains every adult, including teaching assistants, lunchtime supervisors and club staff, then gives the school an app in which staff record their own practice, so leaders can see whether adults respond to the same child consistently, where practice is converging and where it is not, and direct support to the classes that need it. That record is what an inclusion strategy, a governor report or an inspection conversation asks for. ANCHOR does not add an intervention; it strengthens two of the five universal approaches the EEF guide names, positive relationships and calm, predictable environments, by training the adults who produce them. Where a school already uses a child-facing model such as Zones of Regulation, ANCHOR sits alongside it. **What ANCHOR does not claim.** It has not yet published outcome data from schools; founding schools begin in January 2027 and join in waves so that later schools show what happens without ANCHOR. It does not reduce exclusions or raise attainment on any evidence it currently holds, and it will not say so until it does. Alignment is not compliance: the school meets the standards; ANCHOR helps it evidence them. Next step for a school: a fifteen-minute discovery call via https://anchorinclusion.co.uk/schools/send-training ## For any organisation that works with children Nurseries, childminders, alternative provision, specialist schools, mainstream and private primary schools, tutoring services, therapy practices, fostering agencies, activity clubs, holiday and sports providers, and SEN teams. ANCHOR is a whole-team approach: the value comes from every adult in a setting responding the same way, not from one specialist. Routes: whole-staff certification for primary schools at a published price; a six-hour setting certification for activity, sports, holiday and childcare providers at £55 a person or £700 for 20, valid three years; individual practitioner certification at £600 for anyone not put through a cohort by their employer. Nurseries, alternative provision, specialist schools, private primaries, childminder agencies, therapy practices, fostering agencies and local authority teams receive a tailored proposal. Next step: https://anchorinclusion.co.uk/contact ## For parents and carers If you are searching for how to help your child with meltdowns, transitions, bedtime, after-school overwhelm, sensory needs, school refusal, friendships, or anything that sits under neurodiversity or additional needs, diagnosed or not, ANCHOR offers practical strategies for home in plain language. **Parent membership** is the starting point: ongoing learning and a monthly live webinar with a professional, each one on a particular challenge, with the chance to ask your own question and get guidance. Three months for £5.99, then £18.99 a month or £149.99 a year from January 2027. **Parent workshops**, online and in London, go deeper on specific areas with a take-home resource pack. In ANCHOR's first pilot, 23 of 24 parents tried the strategies at home within two weeks, and 22 of 22 wanted their child's school involved. That is self-reported, from a small group, with nothing to compare against; the About page sets out what it does and does not show. **Family support from a registered practitioner**, for children from pre-school age to 12, in six-week blocks, for specific challenges such as bedtime, after school or sensory processing, working with the parent on a plan and graduated steps. Every practitioner on the register has an Enhanced DBS on the Update Service, references, identity verification, safeguarding and paediatric first aid, and a compliance review. Trainees are labelled and work with a responsible second adult present. Family sessions are never recorded. Every block has a first-session exit point. ANCHOR does not diagnose, does not provide therapy, and does not represent families in EHCP or school disputes. For those, IPSEA and SENDIASS offer free independent advice. Next step: https://anchorinclusion.co.uk/parents ## For practitioners and people who want to work with children independently ANCHOR Practitioner Certification is a twelve-week programme, £600, for anyone who works with children in a professional capacity: teaching assistants, SEN workers, tutors, therapists, nursery staff, club leaders, foster carers. It is built to be accessible to people for whom conventional employment is hard: disability, chronic illness, caring responsibilities, or mental or physical health that makes PAYE work difficult. The route: certify, then complete the registration checks, then join the public register as a Registered ANCHOR Practitioner working under ANCHOR's code of practice and standards. People without twelve months' relevant experience take a supervised route (£550, or £450 for school-funded graduates), working as a labelled trainee with a second adult present until the requirement is met. Registered practitioners support families in the community in six-week blocks on specific challenges, keep 90% of every booking, are paid weekly, and receive six group supervision and CPD sessions a year through membership (free in year one, £399 a year from year two). Insurance is arranged by ANCHOR. Certification is an ANCHOR credential and professional development. It is not a regulated qualification and does not confer a protected professional title. Only active registration permits use of the title Registered ANCHOR Practitioner. Next step: https://anchorinclusion.co.uk/anchor-practitioner ## For professionals who want to give back ANCHOR welcomes experienced professionals as guest speakers on the monthly parent webinars, and is building an advisory group and non-executive board for the community interest company. Enquiries via https://anchorinclusion.co.uk/contact ## Evidence and standards ANCHOR publishes every figure with its denominator and its limits, registers its measurement approach before data is collected, and publishes findings whatever they show. Early evidence: a parent pilot of 57 parents and a research base of 145 people (104 school staff, 41 parents). Founding schools begin January 2027. ANCHOR uses the phrase evidence-informed, not evidence-based, and does not display third-party logos or claim endorsement by DfE, Ofsted, the EEF or any What Works Centre. Recognition: Brunel University of London, Outstanding Entrepreneur (SPD STAR Awards 2026) and Best Idea to Impact (Summer Incubator 2026); Melete Foundation Social Impact Award 2026; SEN Magazine Issue 144; Tes SEND Show 2026 exhibitor; ACCPH training organisation listing. Recognition is not evidence of effectiveness and is not presented as such. Contact: info@anchorinclusion.co.uk. 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