How can film, TV and radio support your Inclusive Mainstream Fund priorities?
Our Inclusive Mainstream Fund guide explores how purposeful use of film, television and radio can support inclusive practice in schools and colleges.
The Fund allows education settings to strengthen the support learners receive through everyday teaching. The Department for Education (DfE) has set out seven principles to guide inclusive practice; these include evidence-based support, adaptive teaching, enriching provision and accessibility.
The DfE’s guidance for schools and for 16 to 19 settings explains the principles in more detail.
In our conversations with schools and colleges, we’ve found that some staff are still getting to grips with the Fund and the DfE principles.
For this reason, we created a guide to make it easier to explore where screen and sound could contribute to your setting’s priorities.
Film, television and radio can give learners more ways into a subject. A programme can help bring an idea to life, offer real-world context or introduce learners to different voices and experiences. Subtitles, transcripts and flexible playback can also help learners access and revisit content. The activity around the programme matters too: simply pressing play is not the same as using it purposefully in teaching.
The guide maps film, TV and radio against the seven principles. It brings together learner research, wider evidence and examples from across the curriculum.
The guide is for school and college leaders, teachers and staff involved in inclusion, curriculum planning and teaching. Use it to explore how screen and sound might support the needs of your learners and the priorities of your setting.