What are the key inclusion groups?
Ofsted defines inclusion as how well your school identifies and supports particular pupil groups. Inspectors will look closely at these groups when evaluating inclusion, but they will also be thinking about these pupil groups when inspecting every other evaluation area.
The key inclusion groups include pupils who:
- Are socio-economically disadvantaged
- Those eligible for pupil premium
- Have special educational needs (SEN) and/or a disability
- Pupils receiving SEN support (i.e. on your SEN register), whether or not they have a formal diagnosis
- Those with an education, health and care (EHC) plan
May face other barriers to their learning and/or wellbeing This could include pupils who share a protected characteristic such as race or religion, or certain groups of pupils such as young carers – more on how to define and identify these