Double-sided A4 fact sheet · Cmd/Ctrl + P → Save as PDF (A4, margins: None, Background graphics: On). Page 1 = the data · Page 2 = use it with your team.

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belonging · fact sheet
the number that should change the room
60%
of learners don't fit the system neatly — and are mostly invisible to it. Not the top. Not in crisis. The middle the system quietly forgets.
The system wasn't built for the 60% in the middle. So I'm building it differently.
1 in 5
Pupils in England have an identified special educational need. Support is built for the few with paperwork — not the many without it.
9 in 10
Permanently excluded pupils have SEN, a vulnerability, or both. Exclusion isn't a behaviour story. It's an access story.
belonging
Is the strongest intervention we have — and it costs nothing to start. When a student feels they belong, attendance and attainment follow.

This isn't a behaviour problem. It's an access problem.

Nici Foote
Educator · Apple Professional Learning Specialist · Accessibility Champion. Dyslexic & ADHD — building for the learners the system overlooks.
recognised by Apple Professional Learning Specialist Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert Google Certified Educator Innovator
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Draft figures — confirm before printing. SEN prevalence: DfE, “Special educational needs in England”. Exclusion figure: IPPR, “Making the Difference”. Belonging: OECD / school-connectedness research. Swap in your preferred sources and the latest year.
use this with your team

Take this into your next staff meeting. 15 minutes.

You don't need a new strategy to start. You need to make the 60% visible in the room — then change one thing. Here's how to run it.

1
Look 3 min · on your own
Picture the students who never trigger a referral and never top the class — the ones who go quiet. Write down three names. That's your 60%, made real.
2
Ask 10 min · as a team
Put three questions on the table. No fixing yet — just honesty.
  • Where does belonging break down in our setting — and for whom?
  • What are we actually solving for that student — not for the paperwork?
  • What would change if we designed for the middle, not the edges?
3
Commit 2 min · everyone
Pick one thing you'll change before the next meeting. Small and real beats big and someday. Name it. Date it. Tell someone who'll ask.
Not sure where to start? Just email me.
Honestly — tell me what's happening. I'll tell you if I can help, or point you towards someone who can. No forms, no funnels, no expectations.
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