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Successfully address barriers to learning with a 5-hub inclusion model: case study

Rethink how you support vulnerable pupils by taking inspiration from Ark Kings Academy. Learn how their 5-hub inclusion model has improved attendance, reduced suspension rates and narrowed the achievement gap between low prior attainers and the rest of the school.

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on 8 September 2026
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Contents
  1. What's the approach?
  2. Key impact and results
  3. Each hub has dedicated space, staff and funding
  4. This could work for you if …
  5. How to set up a multi-hub model within your school
  6. Top tips for success

What's the approach?

Ark Kings Academy has designed its approach to inclusion to address the barriers to learning faced by the school’s cohort that have historically led to low pupil attainment, low engagement, poor attendance and behaviour issues.

The approach aims to:

  • Address intersecting pupil barriers through targeted on-site support

  • Maintain a strong sense of relationship, belonging and connection between vulnerable children and the school community

Ark Kings Academy delivers this support across 5 specialised inclusion hubs across the primary and secondary sites. Each hub provides timebound support and interventions for pupils facing barriers to learning or wellbeing.

A welfare hub, supporting pupils with safeguarding, mental health, ongoing medical plans, or persistent attendance barriers A learning hub, supporting pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) or those pupils who use English as an additional language (EAL) who require targeted physical, cognitive or emotional learning interventions A pastoral hub,