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About us
ARK Inclusive Education is a new specialist service across the Yorkshire region, committed to supporting parents and carers, schools, residential care homes, and local authorities to help some of the region’s most vulnerable young people who are struggling to engage in their education.
We offer in-school strategic support, alternative provision, and specialist 1:1 educational packages—all designed to re-engage learners, build resilience, and support successful reintegration into mainstream education.
Our work is rooted in over 2 decades of education insight across mainstream and SEND settings, as well as residential care homes. We are committed to implementing up-to-date, evidence-based strategies that support young people to succeed in their educational journeys—keeping them connected to their local schools, their communities, and their futures
Meet Darren Singh – Founder of ARK Inclusive Education
My Background
With 20 years of SEN leadership across Yorkshire and the Midlands, I have served as Executive Head of four specialist SEN schools—from primary through to post-16—and as Head of Service overseeing seven children’s residential care homes. Establishing strategic and leadership relationships with over 25 Local Authorities
Throughout my career in the independent sector, I saw too many children uprooted from their communities and placed in specialist settings miles from home. With timely early intervention and evidence-based inclusion strategies, many could have flourished in their local maintained school—saving them from displacement and educational rejection, and sparing local authorities the significant cost of out-of-area placements.
I founded ARK Inclusive Education to change that—to ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive in their local school, with the right support in place from the start.
Who We Work With?
As a newly established specialist service across Yorkshire, ARK Inclusive Education is actively building partnerships with organisations and individuals who share our commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND. We are currently engaging with mainstream schools, academies, and MATs to strengthen inclusion, build staff capacity, and support reform readiness. We are reaching out to local authorities to explore how we can support children’s services, reduce reliance on costly out-of-area placements, and complement existing school improvement partners. We are connecting with residential children’s homes to offer specialist educational packages for young people not accessing education, alongside our One Connect Beta app. And we are here for parents and carers navigating the SEND system and seeking the right support for their child. We may be a new name, but we bring 20+ years of SEN leadership experience to every conversation—and we are keen to work with partners across the region to make a lasting difference.
Parents & Carers
Schools & MATS
Care Homes
local authorities
Our Services At A Glance
Practical, evidence-based support designed to strengthen inclusion, reduce exclusion, and improve outcomes for young people with SEND.
We offer three core service areas, each designed to address the specific challenges faced by schools, local authorities, residential children’s homes, and families. Whether you need strategic leadership support to navigate the SEND reforms, crisis intervention for a young person at risk of exclusion, or compliance support to prepare for an Ofsted inspection, we have the expertise and experience to help.
In-School Strategic
Support
- Leadership coaching for SENCOs and inclusion leads: Bespoke 1:1 support to build strategic leaders capacity, navigate complex statutory duties, and drive whole-school inclusion
- SEND strategy and policy development: Review and refresh your SEND policy, inclusion strategy, and quality assurance frameworks to meet the new National Inclusion Standards
- White Paper and Reform readiness: Prepare your leadership team for the new SEND reforms—implementing Individual Support Plans (ISPs), preparing for inclusion inspections, and aligning with the three-tier support system
Alternative Provision & Crisis Intervention
- Rapid crisis response for pupils at risk of permanent exclusion: Intensive 1:1 and small-group intervention for pupils whose behaviour is escalating despite in-school support, including emergency placements for significant incidents
- Re-engagement programmes for disengaged learners: Bespoke support for pupils struggling to attend or engage in the classroom, including those with Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) or those at risk of becoming NEET.
- Inclusion-first transition support: Structured reintegration planning that prepares pupils to return to mainstream education with confidence
Residential Children’s Care Compliance
- Transform 1:1 meetings into meaningful outcomes: Turn supervision and key worker sessions into structured, evidence-based discussions that directly link to SCCIF compliance and improve outcomes for young people.
- SCCIF-aligned automated records and reports: Generate inspection-ready evidence with automated reporting that maps directly to the Social Care Common Inspection Framework, saving staff hours and reducing administrative burden