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SEND Lens

Most MAT leaders know their SEND provision needs attention. The challenge is knowing where to start. Without a consistent way to review provision across your schools, it is difficult to build an evidence base, prioritise action or demonstrate progress to key stakeholders or to Ofsted.

SEND Lens removes that barrier. It is a trust-wide evaluation and reporting tool that supports leaders to review their own SEND provision in a structured, consistent and credible way, giving you a clear, evidence-led baseline and a practical route to improvement.

SEND Lens aligns with the SEND White Paper and maps against the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework, so the evidence it generates supports inspection readiness from day one.

Use it to

  • Identify where leaders across your trust have strong confidence in their SEND provision, and where further review is needed
  • Build a consistent picture of confidence and development areas across your schools, and identify where to focus attention first
  • Establish an evidence-led baseline of SEND provision and demonstrate alignment with the SEND White Paper and the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework
  • Understand consistency and variation in how provision is viewed across your schools
  • Support board level and executive decision making with credible evidence
  • Build a shared language around SEND across your leadership team

Join the 2026-2027 Waiting List

We are launching a new and improved version of our SEND Lens tool soon. Please sign up to the waiting list below to stay up to date.