Waypaths provides an operational infrastructure platform for inclusion and SEND support, connecting fragmented information about learner needs, current support, and agreed packages in one shared structure. The platform helps schools, families, and support professionals coordinate services, compare specific options, and make informed decisions without replacing professional judgment. It is built by educators with experience across mainstream, special, and alternative education settings.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Learners with complex needs often fall through gaps in the education system because information about their needs, current support, and services is fragmented across different organizations and formats. This forces schools to repeat information, families to retell the same story, and teams to spend limited time collating data and chasing emails rather than supporting learners. Without a shared structure, decisions can favor what is familiar or immediately available rather than what is most appropriate.
Solution
Waypaths provides an operational infrastructure for inclusion and SEND that connects the information and workflows that matter most: understanding learner needs, seeing current support, comparing individual services, coordinating agreed packages, and reviewing what happens next. The platform highlights existing support that is working or not meeting needs, shows alignment, gaps, and constraints in one place, and enables users to explore internal and external services to create bespoke packages. It allows users to compare specific services rather than broad provider labels, keeps relevant service evidence visible for organizational checks, and enables clear timelines. Waypaths supports clearer human decisions by informing and facilitating best practice, but it does not make placements or replace professional judgment.
Target Audience
Primary users are professionals coordinating support for learners with complex needs, including SEND coordinators, school staff, support providers, and families or guardians seeking a clearer view of needs, support, and agreed next steps.
Features
- Centralized platform showing alignment, gaps, and constraints in learner support across organizations
- Service comparison tool that evaluates specific services rather than broad provider labels
- Package creation functionality for combining relevant services into bespoke support plans
- Evidence visibility system that keeps service documentation accessible for organizational checks and decisions
- Timeline management features that enable clear tracking of agreed next steps and reviews
- Built from professional educator experience across mainstream, special, and alternative education settings