For Schools

Inclusion in schools improves belonging, attendance and attainment

Social disadvantage creates psychological barriers to learning. It causes pupils to disengage and gaps to grow. Worth-it works with headteachers, inclusion leads, and MAT teams on improving attendance and building attainment through evidence-based positive education.

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Trusted by 500+ schools and trusts

Alderman Richard Hallam Primary, Leicester
Dame Alice Owen's School
Hazlehurst Community Primary
Healthy Schools, Leicestershire
 Rainey Endowed Grammar School, Northern Ireland
Scarborough 6th Form College
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Why schools need an inclusion strategy

Stretched budgets

Rising needs, stretched teams, and static funding make it harder to support pupils who need extra help.

Shifting priorities

Inspection frameworks, guidance, and local pressures frequently change - so approaches must adapt quickly.

Siloed support

SEND, pastoral, behaviour, and wellbeing operate separately - making it difficult to coherently address barriers to learning.

Getting started

Leaders know inclusion, belonging, and wellbeing matter, but it is hard to decide what to prioritise.

Building attainment

When pupils feel they do not belong, they disengage, attendance drops and gaps in progress widen.

Staff retention

Behaviour pressures, workload, and change all impact staff wellbeing - making it hard to sustain inclusive practice over time.

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New funding for learning

In England, every school now needs an inclusion strategy that sets out how it will remove barriers to learning - and improve outcomes.

The Inclusive Mainstream Fund provides new investment, so schools can strengthen early intervention and targeted support for disadvantaged pupils. Worth-it helps schools turn inclusion and wellbeing strategies into everyday practice.

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How Worth-it helps build belonging

We provide a range of evidence based early prevention wellbeing interventions for schools and colleges.

Consultancy

MATs, trusts and commissioners

Bespoke inclusion and wellbeing strategy designed around your schools - and all tailored to your context, cohort and capacity.

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Wellbeing Club Resources

Wellbeing Club

Individual schools

Tools, frameworks and resources to develop your own inclusion and wellbeing strategy - with monthly Worth-it support as and when you need it.

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Coach training

School leaders and pastoral staff

Upskill the people already in your school to provide confident, evidence‑based targeted support for pupils who need it most.

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Wellbeing Ambassador Resources

Peer support

Schools building pupil voice and belonging

Train staff to deliver our peer support programme with young people - building confidence, connection and a genuine culture of belonging.

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Evidence-based programmes for schools and MATs

Worth-it collaborates with your school to build culture, skills and inclusion strategy your team can own and sustain.

Embedded into school life

We work with your team to build belonging, wellbeing and early intervention into existing systems and routines.

Integrated inclusion strategy

We work across SEND, attendance, pastoral care and mental health so your school has one coherent inclusion strategy.

Capacity building for lasting change

We share our frameworks, resources and tools, so staff develop confidence to keep going without us - reducing barriers to learning year after year.

Value-led and evidence-informed

Everything we do is grounded in positive education and coaching psychology, focused on improving outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.

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Worth-it’s approach to wellbeing, inclusion and belonging

Worth-it's school wellbeing framework is based on more than 15 years of real school-based practice.
It has been created and refined from Liz Robson’s experience designing and evaluating targeted interventions in schools, and is unique to the way we support leaders with wellbeing, inclusion and belonging. This framework gives school and trust leaders a clear route-map for leading their inclusion and wellbeing strategy.

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Positive Education

Applying positive psychology in education - meaning wellbeing, resilience and character are developed alongside academic learning.

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Coaching Psychology

Using coaching to remove psychological barriers to learning - helping young people believe more is possible for them.

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Organisational psychology

Helping schools design strategies, systems and cultures that make inclusion and wellbeing sustainable - not a bolt-on.

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A trusted inclusion partner for schools globally

Worth-it’s inclusion and wellbeing work reaches schools around the world - adapting the same evidence-based approach to align with the specific needs of local contexts.

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Why Develop School
Mental Health and Wellbeing?

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Examples of inclusive projects

 Rainey Endowed Grammar School, Northern Ireland

Rainey Endowed School

Worth-it trained Wellbeing Ambassadors to run a lunchtime club, helping pupils who struggled socially feel safer and more connected in school.

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Lutterworth High

Lutterworth High School

Worth-it supported staff to embed character strengths and coaching, strengthening inclusion and contributing to an outstanding Ofsted rating.

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St Helens Local Authority
St Helens Clinical Commissioning Group

St Helens schools and colleges

Worth-it trained 350+ staff across 60 schools, increasing confidence in supporting pupil mental health scoring from 27% to 71%.

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Dozens more of our partners value what we do.
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What real schools say about Worth-It

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“The most valuable impact has been how much more aware staff are of emotional wellbeing.“We’re more mindful with students, which has improved behaviour and strengthened staff- student relationships.”

Sue Webster
Pastoral Manager, Ibstock Community College

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“We see the impact of the programme all the time. “One pupil who struggled to make friends now feels settled and connected because of the wellbeing club our ambassadors run.”

Joanne McMullan
Pastoral Support Staff, Rainey Endowed School

"This strategic shift contributed to an outstanding Ofsted judgement, with the report describing their mental health provision as 'phenomenal'. “Personal development was a driver for academic success, not a distraction from it."

Amy Hunter
Deputy Headteacher, Lutterworth High School

“The support plan offered made Worth-It really stand out. This is what makes a programme successful - the support after the training so that the learning and tools can be effectively embedded.”

James Hardy-Pickering
Senior Transformation & Commissioning Manager, St. Helens Council

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INSET and CPD on inclusion, belonging and wellbeing

Worth-it offers live INSET days and CPD sessions that build your team's capacity around inclusion, wellbeing and belonging.

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Staff wellbeing

Practical strategies to improve staff wellbeing, reduce burnout and build a culture that supports the team supporting your pupils.

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Strategies for pupil wellbeing

Evidence-based approaches to build belonging, resilience and positive relationships for young people.

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Coaching skills for targeted support

Equip pastoral staff and school leaders with coaching skills to deliver confident, effective targeted support.

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Introduction to strategic school wellbeing

Start with a free introduction to school wellbeing and positive education.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What should a school inclusion strategy include?
What are common barriers to learning in schools?
How can schools close the attainment gap?
How does a sense of belonging affect pupil attendance?
How do you develop an inclusion strategy if you don't know where to start?
Can a single inclusion programme run across a multi-academy trust?
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