IN-hub’s aim is to address gaps in education for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) by offering school-staff a free-to-use hub of resources.

All of the resources which have been listed in the hub have been recommended by educators, school staff or academics, and all of them have been rated by:

• A teacher who has explained how easy the resource is to use and how to implement it in a classroom
• An academic who has assessed the evidence base behind the resource

Hopefully, this will make it easier for teachers to find resources that may be useful, and easily decide whether the resource is the right one for them.

Why did we create IN-hub?

Current schools census data shows that ~18% children in mainstream education have SEND in England. Most of these children are considered “neurodivergent” – a term which encapsulates a wide range of brain differences, but some also have conditions such as acquired brain injury.

With neurodiversity present in most classrooms, it’s crucial to support pupils with attainment, well-being and relationships – domains which many neurodivergent students struggle with in comparison to their peers.

School staff trained in education often report not knowing how best to support neurodivergent pupils or manage their symptoms in an education setting. In addition, many don’t know where to search for this information or resources which can help.

Who are we?

IN-hub was created by a team at the University of Exeter, working in the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Research Collaboration. The team also partners with external collaborators who have represented the education, health, and policy sectors.

To read more about our people, click here.

We were funded to get IN-hub up and running by ESRC, but we are currently searching for more funding to keep IN-hub up to date with the latest resources and improve the experience of using IN-hub for school staff.

If you would like to support us to help us to carry on with this important work, click here and find out how you can help!

Raters

Grace Dallimore

Grace Dallimore is a primary school teacher in Somerset (ECT1). She graduated from the University of Exeter in 2024 and previously worked as a teaching assistant, supporting SEND and EAL students and screening for dyslexia, dyscalculia, and Lucid Recall.

Ruth Flanagan

Ruth Flanagan is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Exeter. Since 1991, she has taught at primary, secondary, adult education, undergraduate and post graduate levels. Having lived and worked in India, Russia and Ethiopia her research interests are in intercultural communication, the origins and evolution of worldviews and the significance of these on education throughout the world. She currently teaches students on the Primary PGCE course.

Charlie Kelman

My name is Charlie, and I trained as a primary school teacher across five primary and secondary schools in Manchester. I also worked as a teaching assistant in a primary school in Devon. Currently, I am a researcher at the University of Exeter, where I collaborate closely with schools to support SENCos, teachers and teaching assistants in assisting children and young people who are neurodiverse, particularly those with ADHD.