Since 2019, Lincolnshire County Council has been implementing the “Building Communities of  Specialist Provision Strategy”, which has provided major improvements to educational provision for the very small cohort of children and young people with special additional needs and disabilities that require special school provision. However, for the majority of children and young people with SEND, mainstream schools offer a high-quality education in an inclusive and encouraging environment, where pupils can achieve the best outcomes possible, with access to a rich and wide curriculum. 

For most children and young people with SEND, being educated in a mainstream setting with enhanced support is the right type of education and therefore we are keen to develop provision that can meet this ambition. Lincolnshire County Council have asked our school to develop, in partnership, a new type of provision called “Mainstream SEND Hub”. These provisions will be aimed at supporting children and young people with additional needs to be educated and have their needs met in a mainstream school, with enhanced facilities, by knowledgeable and skilled staff. The Mainstream SEND Hub will be part of the mainstream school, providing an enhanced educational offer for pupils with SEND in the mainstream setting.