For schools

A clearer picture of inclusion across the whole school system.

Indicant gives school leaders a structured way to understand where inclusion is secure, where it is vulnerable and what to do next.

The school dashboard brings the eight inclusion domains into one clear profile. Leaders can see overall maturity, evidence confidence, diagnostic history and current improvement actions without losing sight of the underlying evidence.

The diagnostic is designed for leadership teams rather than a single respondent. Independent ratings make it possible to see where leaders agree, where experience differs and where a confident organisational narrative may not yet be shared across the team.

Indicant then connects diagnosis with improvement. System signals and evidence-led suggestions support prioritisation, while the 90-day plan gives each action a named owner, intended outcome, evidence requirement and review date.

When the school repeats the diagnostic, longitudinal intelligence shows what improved, what stayed stable and what deteriorated. Completed actions can be reviewed against later evidence so the school builds a cumulative record of improvement rather than restarting the conversation each year.

Governors also need a clear strategic view of inclusion. Indicant helps governing boards move beyond broad assurance questions by showing where risk sits, how confident the evidence is, what has changed over time and which improvement actions should be making a measurable difference.

Governance and assurance

Help governors ask better questions about inclusion.

Governors need enough visibility to test whether inclusion is improving without being pulled into operational detail. Indicant gives boards a concise evidence-led view of maturity, risk, movement and action, so challenge can be targeted rather than generic.

?Which inclusion domains are most vulnerable, and what evidence supports that judgement?
?Where do leadership views or evidence confidence suggest we should probe further?
?Which 90-day actions should governors expect to see measurable impact from by the next review?
?What has improved, remained stable or deteriorated since the previous diagnostic cycle?
See the Governor Report example
INDICANTGovernor Report
Overall inclusion maturity
2.86Developing
Strongest domainCurriculum access3.48 · Secure
Priority riskBehaviour & exclusion1.42 · Priority
Questions for governors

What evidence tells us the current response is improving outcomes?

Which action should make the biggest difference over the next 90 days?

Illustrative sample