SARAA - SEN Assessment Request AI Assistant
Your ready-to-use AI assistant for faster, compliant EHC needs assessments
SARAA helps schools and trusts turn scattered SEND evidence into structured, statutory-aligned assessment drafts. It ingests and cross-references unstructured inputs, behaviour logs, medical reports, SEN support records, prior reviews and compares them against local authority Education, Health and Care (EHC) criteria.
Weak or unquantified evidence is flagged early to reduce rejection risk and tribunal escalation. Professional draft text for needs, provision, and outcomes uses precise language so teams review and refine instead of starting from a blank page.
Enterprise-grade security with full traceability across inputs and outputs, plus pay-per-use pricing with NDI, keeps the focus on pupils, not paperwork burnout.
Outcomes Schools and Trusts Care About
Targets depend on your LA, cohort, and process maturity, discovery establishes baselines and governance with your leadership team.
Up to 80% less paperwork time
Factsheet benchmark for assessment drafting and consolidation, measured definitions vary by trust and LA context.
Higher acceptance rates
Stronger evidence packs and fewer gaps can improve funding and provision outcomes for pupils who need support.
Lower staff burnout
SENCOs and teachers spend less time shuttling information between documents and more on pupil-centred provision.
Unlock faster, more compliant EHC assessment workflows without trading rigour for speed.
Business Benefits
Designed for education governance: traceability, professional language, and human review before anything goes out the door.
- Flexible pay-per-use, cost tracks assessment workload, not unused licences.
- Faster access to funding and provision when evidence is complete and compliant earlier in the cycle.
- Managed delivery. NDI supports rollout, data handling expectations, and continuous improvement with your trust.
Key Capabilities
From raw documents to defensible drafts, built for SEND professionals, not generic summarisation.
Cross-reference unstructured evidence
Ingests behaviour logs, medical reports, support records, and prior reviews into one structured view.
Statutory alignment and gap detection
Compares evidence against LA EHC assessment criteria and flags gaps or non-compliant inputs early.
Draft EHC text, ready for professional review
Produces fully formed draft needs, provision, and outcomes language for human sign-off.
Risk reduction
Surfaces weak or unquantified evidence before submission to cut rejection and escalation risk.
Security and traceability
Enterprise-grade data handling with traceability across inputs and outputs for governance conversations.
Education-first workflow
Keeps the loop on teachers, SENCOs, and trust leads. AI accelerates drafting; humans stay accountable.
How It Works
Upload once; SARAA structures evidence, maps to requirements, and returns review-ready drafts.
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Upload SEN and supporting documentation
Bring together the evidence your team already holds, without redundant re-keying.
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Analyse and structure evidence
SARAA extracts themes, timelines, and signal across sources for a coherent narrative.
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Map to statutory LA requirements
Aligns structured evidence to the criteria your authority expects, making gaps visible early.
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Flag gaps and risks
Teams fix evidence quality before drafting and before avoidable back-and-forth with the LA.
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Generate compliant draft assessment text
Produces review-ready language specialists can edit with confidence and audit trails show provenance.
Commercial model
Pay-per-use means schools and trusts align spend to assessment cycles. NDI supports implementation, data governance, and safe operation alongside your DPO and SEND leadership.
Proven Impact
Voices from school and trust leadership, outcomes depend on local process, cohort needs, and LA engagement.
Up to −80%
Paperwork time (factsheet)
SARAA is a game-changer for primary school SENDCos. It eliminates time spent transferring and summarising information between documents, allowing us to refocus on adapting pupil provision to secure the best outcomes. This is the first AI tool that feels truly bespoke, producing specific, useful reports that are never generic or bland.
Soraya Young
Head of School, Emerson Green Primary School
NDI’s SARAA has been impressive; it’s not just a leap forward in efficiency for our EHC Needs Assessment process, but a crucial tool ensuring we dedicate time and resources to the front line of education.
Ross Newman
CEO, The Leaf Trust (Multi Academy Trust)
NDI delivers SARAA for schools and trusts with appropriate data and safeguarding governance.
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