{"id":152,"date":"2020-03-04T16:24:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T16:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/educationandfamilies\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:55:54","slug":"inclusion-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/education-and-learning\/inclusion-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusion in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is inclusion?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Inclusion means every child and young person feels welcome, respected, and supported &#8211; whatever their background or needs. Everyone should have equal chances to learn and succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why it matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>When children and young people feel like they belong, they\u2019re more likely to do well in school, and in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Devon is promoting inclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ordinarily Available Inclusive Provision (OAIP)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/ordinarily-available-inclusive-provision\/\">Ordinarily Available Inclusive Provision (OAIP)<\/a> means <strong>all<\/strong> schools and education settings should support every child &#8211; including those with special educational needs (SEND) &#8211; as part of their everyday practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s designed to help everyone, not harm anyone, and is essential for some.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve developed two frameworks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/ordinarily-available-inclusive-provision\/#oaief\">The Ordinarily Available Inclusive Framework<\/a> sets out expectations on what all schools and early years settings should do to support all children and young people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/ordinarily-available-inclusive-provision\/targeted\/\">The Targeted Support Framework<\/a> sets out the extra help that schools should provide children and young people with SEND.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We have produced the following videos to provide an introduction to OAIP as well as information about how schools can use a &#8216;graduated approach&#8217; to support children with additional needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"An introduction to ordinarily available inclusive provision (OAIP)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/w8RDaTwhzYQ?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The graduated approach to SEND support\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/GZLo7_MIDsc?feature=oembed&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Devon&#8217;s Inclusion and Learning Strategy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/inclusion\/inclusion-and-learning-strategy\/\">Devon&#8217;s Inclusion and Learning Strategy<\/a> is our plan to make schools more inclusive. Schools are being encouraged to sign up and show their support. You can see which schools have already joined on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/inclusion\/inclusion-and-learning-strategy\/believe-in-belonging\/#map\">Believe in belonging map<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education Inclusion Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/education\/attendance-and-inclusion\/education-inclusion-service\/\">The Education Inclusion Service<\/a> offers advice to parents and carers, schools and other professionals, about inclusion, reintegration and exclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aep\">Alternative Education Provision (AEP)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A small number of children and young people have complex needs and may find it difficult to attend a mainstream or special school or college. This might be because of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a long\u2011term illness or disability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>specific educational needs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mental health difficulties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In most cases, an AEP package will be a short-term solution which will aim to support a child or young person to move towards accessing an educational setting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-dcc-secondary-button\"><a onclick=\"dataLayer.push({&apos;buttonEvent&apos;: &apos;Information page&apos;});\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/education-and-learning\/inclusion-in-schools\/aep\/\">Find out more about AEP<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Some children feel anxious about going to school and may avoid it. This can be caused by many things, including SEND.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our EBSA guidance includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Things you can try at home<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strategies your child\u2019s school can try<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Info on other support services in Devon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-dcc-secondary-button\"><a onclick=\"dataLayer.push({&apos;buttonEvent&apos;: &apos;Information page&apos;});\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/education\/attendance-and-inclusion\/ebsa\/\">EBSA guidance for parents<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support for pupils with health needs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If a child can\u2019t attend school full-time due to health issues, there\u2019s help available. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/education-and-learning\/inclusion-in-schools\/medical-conditions\/\">medical conditions<\/a> page for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information about inclusion, re-integration and exclusion, including support for vulnerable children and those with long-term illnesses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":71028,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-26 12:26:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74186,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions\/74186"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}