Learners with complex needs are falling through the gaps. We need to catch them.
Waypaths provides an operational infrastructure for inclusion and SEND. We believe support available to learners should be visible, safe, and fit-for-purpose. Waypaths has been created as a solution to a system that is failing young people and the professionals supporting them.
Our objective is to capture all key processes in a centralised platform, replacing the messy systems currently in use when trying to meet complex learner needs.
Waypaths supports clearer human decisions by informing and facilitating best practice.
It does not make placements or replace professional judgement.
The problem is not lack of effort. It is fragmented information.
Across the sector, professionals and families are working hard to support learners. However, the information needed to coordinate that support is fragmented, spanning different organisations and formats.
When there is no shared structure, what are the consequences?
- Schools and providers repeat information.
- Families retell the same story.
- Teams spend their limited time collating information and chasing emails.
- Due to time constraints, decisions can favour what is familiar or immediately available.
The Waypaths Solution
- Consolidate sources to identify specific learner needs
- Highlight existing support that is already working, or not meeting needs
- Show alignment, gaps, and constraints in one place
- Explore internal and external services to meet needs.
- Compare specific services, not broad provider labels
- Create bespoke packages by combining relevant services
- Complement professional expertise to support informed decision making
- Enables clear timelines
- Assist professionals in meeting compliance obligations
Who is it for?
For people coordinating support
Use time and energy to meet learner needs, not for paperwork
For people providing support
Improve visibility and enhance quality of referrals
For families and guardians
A clearer view of needs, support and agreed next steps
Built from inside education.
Waypaths is being built by professional educators with lived experience across mainstream, special and alternative education.
It comes from extensive experience of partial referrals, scattered information, repeated paperwork, and unclear needs. Professionals are left to make difficult decisions without a shared picture.
Through feedback, pilot learning and ongoing research, Waypaths aims to address the diverse and evolving issues throughout the sector.
