Question 1

What is Elevate SEND?

Accepted Answer

Elevate SEND is a measurement and intelligence platform for SEND professional development. It helps schools, multi-academy trusts and local authorities understand workforce confidence and capability, and evidence what changes after development takes place.

Question 2

Is Elevate a training provider?

Accepted Answer

No. Elevate does not deliver professional development and does not replace your existing provision. It provides the measurement layer that sits around whatever development you already run — in-house, through a provider, a trust or a local authority.

Question 3

What does the assessment involve?

Accepted Answer

Staff complete a structured online assessment covering confidence, knowledge, applied judgement and practice in relation to SEND. It is designed to be completed in a single sitting and is repeated later as a reassessment so change can be compared consistently.

Question 4

What is the Behavioural Index?

Accepted Answer

The Behavioural Index is a structured way of expressing assessment results across several connected dimensions, so patterns across a cohort can be seen at a glance. It is a developing pilot framework, refined through implementation and expert review. It is not a validated psychometric instrument and should not be treated as one.

Question 5

How does reassessment work?

Accepted Answer

The same structured measures are applied after a period of professional development. Baseline and reassessment are then compared, so leaders can see what changed, what stayed the same and where development is still needed.

Question 6

Can leaders see individual staff scores?

Accepted Answer

No, not by default. Individual results belong to the professional and support their own development. Leadership views are aggregated and permission-controlled, and small cohorts are suppressed so individuals cannot be identified.

Question 7

How is data handled?

Accepted Answer

Each organisation's data is isolated from every other organisation, and access is controlled by role. No pupil data is collected. Full data-processing arrangements are agreed with each organisation before a pilot begins.

Question 8

What does a pilot involve?

Accepted Answer

A pilot typically runs with a small number of schools over one measurement cycle: baseline assessment, a period of professional development, reassessment and an evidence report for leadership. We work with each partner to agree scope, timing and reporting.

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