Guardians & Families
When a young person in your care needs support that school can’t provide, the process that follows can feel overwhelming.
Different professionals and systems can make it difficult to understand what information is being used, what has been agreed and who is responsible for what. Waypaths is designed so organisations can share a clearer, permissioned picture with families and guardians where appropriate, rather than leaving everyone to piece it together separately.
Matched by need, not by convenience
Waypaths helps the people responsible for support compare a young person’s confirmed needs and requirements with individual internal and external services. Eligibility, essential requirements, suitability and practical constraints stay visible so people can understand the reasoning and make the decision themselves.
A clear picture of what’s been agreed
Where the organisation using Waypaths provides family or guardian access, the relevant parts of an agreed support package can be shared clearly, including what has been agreed, responsibilities and next steps. Access depends on the organisation’s permissions and information-sharing arrangements.
Less conflict, more clarity
A lot of the friction between families and local authorities or schools comes from everyone working from a different version of events. A clearer shared, permissioned picture can reduce repeated explanations and make disagreements easier to locate, without pretending the underlying challenges disappear.
Your voice in the process
The young person at the centre of this is yours. Their history, their interests and what works or doesn’t work for them matter. That information belongs in the process from the start, and Waypaths is designed to make space for it.
See the reasoning behind decisions
Waypaths is designed to make the reasoning easier to explain. Where appropriate access is provided, families can understand which needs and requirements were considered, what an individual service offers and what still needs to be confirmed.
Track how things are going
Review information can stay connected to the support package so the people involved can see what evidence is available and what needs following up. What a family can see will depend on the access and permissions provided by the responsible organisation.
Everyone working from the same picture
A shared, permissioned picture can reduce repeated explanations and make it clearer which information, decisions and responsibilities are connected to the learner’s support.
Not using Waypaths yet? Introduce us.
If your local authority, school or support provider isn’t currently involved with Waypaths, you can introduce us. Copy the email below, add the name of your contact and the young person’s name where prompted, and send it. It gives them a simple way to understand what Waypaths is and decide whether a conversation would be useful.
Subject: A platform I think could help: please take a look
Hi [Name],
I wanted to share something with you that I came across recently. It’s called Waypaths. It is inclusion infrastructure designed to help organisations build a clearer picture of a young person’s needs and current support, compare individual internal and external services, and coordinate the decisions and reviews around their support.
As someone navigating this process for [young person’s name], I think it could make a real difference to how we work together. I’d love for you to take a look.
You can explore Waypaths on the website and contact the team through the contact page. There’s no commitment involved, just a conversation about whether it could be useful for your setting and a chance to share the difficulties you and your team face in supporting learners.
Thank you for everything you’re doing for us. I really do think this is worth a look.
[Your name]
Want to know more?
Waypaths is preparing a pilot with participating organisations. If you’d like to find out more about how it works, or want to talk to someone on the team directly, get in touch.