Strengthening Inclusion in Classrooms
ANCHOR Inclusion™ gives your staff practical, research-led strategies to support children with additional needs in the moment, in real classrooms. The result: confident staff, consistent practice, and children who are better regulated and ready to learn.
When does inclusion work best? When home and school pull together, we also equip the families in your community with the same approach, so children get consistent support on both sides.
Why the ANCHOR framework actually gets used in classrooms
Most SEND training is sound in theory, but hard to use when it matters.
In our research with 101 educational professionals, 80% received SEND training, yet only 10% found it applicable in the moment a child was struggling.
The ANCHOR Inclusion™ Practitioner Certification equips school staff with the framework, toolkit and app - bridging the gap between theory and practice.
Easy to remember
Simple frameworks staff can recall in the moment
Easy to use
Step by step strategies for real classroom pressures
Realistic -
it doesn't sit on a shelf
100% of parent and practitioner participants reported use of strategies after training
It lands
Parent and Practitioner participants understood behaviour better and put the learning into practice
Does it work?
ANCHOR's Impact in Numbers.
Responses from ANCHOR participants supporting children with SEND
Early pilot data (n=15)
Participants
80%
improved response ability
in high-pressure situations
After ANCHOR workshops:
60%
increased confidence
in SEND support
Within a week
53%
observed positive child changes
The ANCHOR Inclusion™ framework increased participants' ability to respond effectively in high-pressure moments by an average of 1.9 points
on a 5 point scale
Why Partner with
ANCHOR Inclusion™
Inclusive practice, you own
Build lasting expertise within your own team.
Every adult, one shared approach
Train up to 25 staff. All staff in one shared approach.
From policy to practice - fast
Practical strategies, staff can use from day one.
Built for real classrooms
Realistic to implement. Sustainable to maintain.
Ready to strengthen inclusion in your school?
Wherever you're starting from, there's a way in.
Start Here
✓ Half day CPD or INSET session with our Foundations module
✓ A low commitment introduction to the ANCHOR Inclusion™ framework and methodology, for your staff
Go Further
✓ Certify up to 25 staff as ANCHOR Inclusion™ Practitioners
✓ Continue building inclusive practice throughout the year, with the ANCHOR App for Schools
Support families too
✓ Free parent workshops for your community
✓ Extend the shared-language approach into the home, so children get consistent support across settings
Why
Parent Support
should belong in your SEND Strategy
Children with additional needs progress most when support is consistent across home and school. For most schools, the home environment stays out of reach.
When parents lack the tools to support regulation, social skills and transitions, children arrive already dysregulated , before the day begins. Staff absorb it. SENCOs manage it. The cycle continues.
ANCHOR closes that gap, building the same research-led approach at home that your staff use at school.
The result: children who are better regulated, socially confident and ready to learn.
✓ Home-school consistency supports emotional regulation and social development (Sheridan et al., 2019)
✓ Parent involvement: strongest predictors of positive outcomes (EEF, 2018)
✓ Early intervention at home, reduces likelihood of school escalations (EIF, 2021)
This is not an add-on to your SEND provision.
It is the part that makes the rest of it work.
Supported By
Brunel University London
Student Careers & Professional Development Centre, Entrepreneur Hub
Melete Foundation
Winner of the Melete Social Impact Competition (2026)
Our Mission
ANCHOR Inclusion™ is committed to bridging the gap between policy and practice by equipping educators and families, with clear, usable, strategies grounded in psychology, sensory understanding and lived classroom realities.
Our approach supports consistent, inclusive provision so every child can feel anchored, participate and thrive.