Sensory Inclusive Schools Network
Give your staff the training, tools, and ongoing OT support to build a sensory-inclusive school — starting in week one. 12 months' access for £149 per person.
Expert Support at Your Fingertips
Sensory Inclusive Schools gives your school more than training. It provides an expert at hand: a trusted place to return to as questions arise, practice develops and the needs of your students and staff change.
As schools and Local Authorities navigate the Every Child Achieving and Thriving reforms and shape their local Experts at Hand provision and Inclusion Strategies, sensory support is critical.
Our approach is whole-school, neuroaffirming, participation-focused and grounded in occupational therapy. We do not offer a fixed list of sensory strategies or suggest that every student, classroom or situation should be approached in the same way.
We help staff consider:
- the person, including their individual sensory experiences, early signs of overload, strengths, preferences and voice
- the environment, including the sensory demands, predictability and accessibility of different spaces
- the occupations students need and want to participate in throughout their school day
This enables schools to understand what may be contributing to a student's experience and make realistic changes that support safety, regulation, participation, belonging and access to learning.
Your team does not have to work this out alone.
Included in your membership (12 months)
You get 12 months’ access to:
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11 hours of online training you can complete at your own pace
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Environmental Audit tool for classrooms and shared spaces
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Weekly live OT-led drop-ins (term time) with Beth Smithson (Advanced SI Practitioner and OT)
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Community forum for questions, advice, and sharing what’s working
Online Course Content
What You'll Learn
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Understand the eight senses and sensory processing differences in everyday school life
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Use the Person Environment Occupation (PEO) model to make sense of how individual students experience tasks, routines, and the school environment
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Identify behaviours linked to fight, flight, or freeze responses
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Learn practical strategies to support regulation and participation in your classroom
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Apply 10 actionable steps to make your school more inclusive using your current resources
FREE TASTER
Attend one of our regular drop-in sessions to find out how the Network can help you!
Contact us to book your free session.
What You'll be Able to Do after Week 1
After the first week, staff can:
Recognise common sensory demands in classrooms and transitions
Identify 2–3 immediate environmental adjustments you can try
Use regulation-friendly strategies that support learning participation
More Than Training...
... this is supported implementation
You’ll combine self-paced learning with practical tools and weekly OT-led guidance, so sensory inclusion becomes consistent across classrooms, corridors and playgrounds.
Why Schools Choose the SIS Network
Children with sensory processing difficulties can struggle to take part in early years and school. This can lead to lower attainment, anxiety, school refusal, and placements breaking down.
The Sensory Inclusive Schools Network helps schools turn that around. Here's what schools see:
✓ Improved access to learning — Fewer children overwhelmed, more children engaged and participating
✓ Reduced crises, staff stress, and burnout — When staff understand sensory needs, they can prevent overwhelm rather than respond to crisis
✓ Easier inclusive practice and reasonable adjustments — You stop guessing and start making changes based on understanding
✓ Consistent support across classrooms — Shared language, consistent approaches, so students aren't re-learning strategies in every space
Start creating a sensory inclusive school today
Includes 12 months’ access to everything you need: training, practical tools, the community forum, and weekly OT support.
Volume discounts
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10–19 licences: 10% discount
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20+ licences: 15% discount
VAT: Sensory Inclusive Schools is not VAT registered, so no VAT is payable.
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£149.00
Regular price
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Take a Closer Look at the Course Curriculum.
The course is structured into four parts, designed to take you from understanding sensory differences to embedding practical change across your school.
Our Sensory Inclusive Schools Experts
SIE Director of Lifelong Learning Beth Smithson
Beth qualified as an Advanced SI Practitioner with SIE in 2016 and has since applied sensory integration across the NHS, schools, community trusts, and international settings. As Director of Lifelong Learning, she leads SIE's CPD offer and the Sensory Inclusion Facilitator Certificate — committed to empowering clinicians, parents, and schools to advocate confidently for sensory integration practice.
Professional Advisor for Lifelong Learning Dr Lelanie Brewer
Lelanie is an Advanced SI Practitioner and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy with a PhD from Newcastle University and a background in clinical practice and higher education. She served as Senior Lecturer and MSc Programme Lead in OT at Northumbria University before joining SIE in 2018, where she brings academic depth and clinical breadth to the Lifelong Learning programme.