Experts at Hand
The capacity layer that makes SEND reform deliverable — a trained, trusted and trauma-informed workforce for local authorities and Integrated Care Boards, deployable within 12 weeks of contract award.
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Educational psychologists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists are in acute national shortage — and every LA and ICB is recruiting from the same small pool. In our model, specialists assess, prescribe and supervise; Evolve delivers and sustains. Every hour of specialist time you commission goes further.
Relieve the Waiting Lists
A significant share of CAMHS and neurodevelopmental referrals reflect unmet SEMH need in school, not clinical acuity. Embedded mentors resolve need before it converts into a referral or statutory assessment — so children stop waiting for a clinic appointment to receive help a school-based practitioner can provide this week.
12 weeks
from contract award to a deployed, DBS-checked workforce
300+
schools, with 15 years of systematic outcome data
25 years
of school delivery within mainstream settings
£2.5m
annual school-funded delivery — trusted and proven
How It Works
Universal
Whole-school staff coaching on cognitive development, SEND-aware teaching and classroom inclusion strategies — building permanent capability within schools.
Targeted
Embedded mentors delivering 1:1 and small-group interventions for children on the SEND register or at risk of exclusion. No EHCP or statutory assessment required.
Targeted Plus
Intensive, coordinated support for children with complex needs, delivered as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside EPs, SLTs and clinical specialists.
Maps to All Four Investment Pillars
- Experts at Hand (£1.8bn) — the delivery workforce that extends specialist reach, carrying out the sustained in-school work that EPs, SLTs and OTs prescribe but cannot staff
- Inclusive Mainstream Fund (£1.6bn) — evidence-based Targeted and Targeted Plus interventions schools can purchase directly from their allocation
- Inclusion Bases (£3.7bn capital) — trained staff and structured programmes to run inclusion bases from day one
- SEND Workforce CPD (£200m+) — accredited CPD built on 25 years of delivery methodology, leaving permanent capability in your schools
The Evidence, Honestly
- Verified cognitive gains — attention, processing speed, working memory and executive function, independently evaluated
- System relief you can inspect — measurable reductions in fixed-term exclusions, behavioural incidents and persistent absence among supported pupils
- Reporting built for accountability — documented pre-statutory support that feeds directly into ISP records and Area SEND inspection requirements
- Our evidence base is available on request — and we publish what we find, including where the evidence isn't there yet