ASAP:
Just in time
ASAP is a sector driven response to a national challenge - and not before time.
The SEND & Alternative Provision systems are broken. Funding is fragmented. Outcomes are inconsistent. However, the innovation, insight, and abundant commitment the sector demonstrates day-in, day-out can arrest this decline, paving the way for desperately needed system reform.
ASAP identifies, supports, and scales innovative, evidence-based solutions that can improve outcomes for children and young people and deliver cashable savings within 12–18 months. By acting quickly and pragmatically, we create the breathing space the system needs to recover and reform.
Mission: Possible
Problems are myriad and complex; but many solutions are in the sector already. ASAP focuses on driving practical change by proactively identifying initiatives demonstrating, or showing potential to deliver, measurable improvements in outcomes, inclusion, and, crucially, cost-effectiveness.
How we will help:
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Incubate promising practice in SEND and AP - wherever it originates.
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Evaluate initiatives to ensure they deliver measurable improvements in inclusion, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness.
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Provide tailored support and toolkits to help projects scale rapidly and sustainably.
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Connect innovators, schools, trusts, and local authorities so that good ideas spread faster.
Why submit your project?
ASAP is designed for practitioners, leaders, and innovators who are ready to make a difference, but need capacity, profile, or support to go further.
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By submitting your project, you’ll benefit from:
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Expert evaluation and guidance from a team rooted in policy, practice, and delivery.
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Practical tools to help you scale with confidence.
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Amplification of your work, raising its visibility across the sector.
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Real impact for children and young people in the short term - not years down the line.
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Whether you’re a MAT, school, local authority, provider, clinician, or coalition, if your idea can deliver better outcomes and savings quickly, ASAP can help you bring it to life at scale.
Join the movement
We believe in agnostic autonomy - caring about impact, not ideology - and backing effective solutions whether they come from the public, private, or third sector. Our approach is evidence-informed, with every project judged on its outcomes and cost-effectiveness, and we act with urgency and integrity, focusing on solutions that deliver measurable improvements now while laying the foundations for sustainable change in the longer term.
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The system cannot afford to wait, children and families need solutions today.
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That’s why ASAP is here: to prove, promote, and scale what works - giving leaders the tools and breathing space to build a better system.
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Submit your project today and help accelerate change for SEND and Alternative Provision.