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 connect the information and workflows that matter most: understanding learner needs, seeing current support, comparing individual services, coordinating agreed packages and reviewing what happens next.
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.
Create bespoke packages by combining relevant services
Compare specific services, not broad provider labels
Complement professional expertise to support informed decision-making
Enables clear timelines
Keep relevant service evidence visible for organisational checks and decisions
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.
