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Inclusive education
Practice grounded in communication, dignity, participation and individual development.
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ContactBASHIR ABDULMALIKINCLUSIVE EDUCATION • RESEARCH • CIVIC LEADERSHIP
Practitioner. Founder. Emerging researcher.
Building a more human architecture for inclusive education.
Bashir Abdulmalik works at the intersection of specialist SEND practice, culturally responsive family engagement and evidence-led systems change.
3+Years in specialist SEND practice
11–19Learner age range supported
2026Oxford scholarship recognition
Founder & Executive DirectorAfro SEND Network CIC
01 / Profile
Close to practice.
Focused on systems.
I believe inclusion is not achieved by placement alone. It is achieved when institutions learn to recognise difference, listen in more than one way and make participation possible.
Since July 2023, I have supported learners aged 11–19 with complex autism, Down syndrome, and profound and multiple learning disabilities within a specialist UK local-authority school.
My work uses EHCP-informed provision, AAC, PODD communication books, Makaton, Positive Behaviour Support and multidisciplinary collaboration to help learners communicate, participate and exercise choice.
02 / Areas of focus
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Family voice
Culturally responsive engagement with African and immigrant families navigating SEND systems.
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Emerging research
Connecting practitioner knowledge, child development, evidence and institutional response.
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Systems impact
Building ideas with relevance to the United Kingdom and inclusive-education development in Africa.
03 / Research direction
From family experience to institutional intelligence.
My developing research examines how culturally responsive family engagement, accessible professional communication and improved SEND navigation can strengthen educational participation and outcomes for African and immigrant families in the United Kingdom.
Over time, I intend to develop comparative work with relevance to inclusive-education policy and workforce capability in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Research and academic enquiriesNew / Insights
Ideas for a SEND system that listens, learns and acts.
Read Bashir’s original practice papers on reform, assistive technology, culturally responsive engagement, attendance distress, transition to adulthood and communication rights.
Explore all six papersAcademic recognition
University of Oxford
Offered admission to the MSc in Teacher Education and awarded an Educational Citizenship Scholarship for the 2026/27 cycle in recognition of academic merit, leadership potential and commitment to educational equity.
04 / Leadership
Leadership with a public purpose.
Across education, civil society and student leadership, my work has consistently focused on widening participation, strengthening community capability and turning concern into organised action.
Founder & Executive Director
Afro SEND Network CICCulturally responsive SEND guidance, family engagement, community education and systems advocacy.
Chairman
Kogi Central FUTMinna Alumni ForumGovernance, mentoring, educational support and community development.
President
National Association of Kogi State StudentsExecutive leadership, institutional representation and student-development initiatives.
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