Educational resources supplier Findel is launching an integrated SEND and inclusion offer which it believes to be the first of its type provided for the education sector.
The offer uniquely comprises learning environment design, from small practical room adjustments through to full sensory rooms; accredited CPD courses; and impact measures to track the effectiveness of the support provided.
Findel’s offer enables the provision to be designed, delivered and measured as one. The intention is to enable educators to have a framework designed for them and the children they are teaching to achieve optimum outcomes on the budgets and resources available.
More than 1.8m pupils in England now have special educational needs, and schools and nurseries receiving new government inclusion funding must show how they are using it.
Findel is officially launching the new offer at the Schools & Academies Show, taking place on November 18 and 19 at the NEC in Birmingham.
Commenting on the launch, Rav Gehlon, Findel’s head of SEND and inclusion, said: “We believe our integrated SEND and inclusion offer is an education sector first.
“It utilises our established SEND brand, LDA, which provides specialist learning, sensory, communication and self-regulation resources. We align this with sensory design with a specialist partner and accredited SEND and inclusion CPD through EuHu, Findel’s online learning platform for educators.
“Impact measures are built in from the start, so staff can measure each child’s progress against their desired outcome and adjust as required.”
Findel believes that when schools invest in SEND and inclusion provision, it is fundamental to understand what a good day looks like for a setting and then the difference the investment has made for the children it is meant to support.
Rav added: “A good day does not happen by luck, it is by design. For us, that’s what Findel’s ‘Made for Education’ proposition means. We believe the entire provision process starts by understanding what a good day looks like for each child.
“Once we know what that is we can design our response, from the room to the solutions to the CPD, to enable the reality of achieving it.
“We are giving nursery managers, teachers and SENCos a framework that they can use to connect inclusion plans with the resources and confidence needed to make it work.
“Building impact measures into our approach is essential. This helps nurseries and schools identify how their investment in SEND provision is working in practice and make informed adjustments that further support children’s learning.”
Delegates attending the Schools & Academies Show can visit Findel’s Inclusive Classroom on the main floor to experience how SEND resources can be used within different learning environments.
For more information on Findel, visit www.findel.co.uk.
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Notes to editors
Journalists interested in arranging a briefing with Rav Gehlon at the Schools & Academies Show can contact Brand8 PR at findel@brand8pr.com or call Rebecca Richardson on 07947 796414
Attendees are also invited to join Rav for two sessions that he will be delivering at the event. Taking place at 12pm on November 18 and again on November 19, Rav will explore how small, achievable changes to classroom layout, seating and routines can help every pupil feel safe, regulated and ready to learn.
The sessions will also cover how schools can demonstrate the impact of these changes to inform their inclusion strategies.
About Findel
Findel’s origins as an educational resources supplier go back to 1817 with its specialist range of brands including Hope, GLS, LDA, EuHu, Phillip Harris and Davies Sports.
Today, the company’s brands and websites offer more than 32,000 products to educators and parents in the UK and overseas, and the business exports to 130 countries.
Headquartered in Hyde, Greater Manchester, Findel also has a distribution centre and offices in Nottingham and employs around 300 people.
The company was acquired in 2024 by Manutan Group, a major player in Europe which has been reinventing B2B commerce for more than 60 years. Through its brands, the Group empowers businesses, education and public institutions by providing the equipment and supplies essential to their operations.
Issued on behalf of Findel by Brand8 PR