UNOWA will bring its MIKKO classroom kits to stand C50 at Tes SEND Show, at the Business Design Centre in London on 9 and 10 October 2026, together with a visualisation of a complete inclusion classroom built around them. On Saturday 10 October at 11:45, co-founder and CEO Mykhailo Kalitkin will speak in the Exhibitor Workshop on "Designing the room: what the environment must do for SEND". The approach draws on UNOWA's work creating 14 inclusion classrooms at pedagogical universities in Kazakhstan under a World Bank programme. The timing matters for schools in England that receive the Inclusive Mainstream Fund: they must publish an inclusion strategy for 2026–27 by 31 December, and many will be deciding what to buy for their classrooms.

"UNOWA's work in Kazakhstan included 14 inclusion classrooms under a World Bank programme. That experience gives us a practical starting point for discussing how a room, its materials and staff preparation fit together. When a school plans new provision, I would ask what adults need to practise before they use the space with children." – Mykhailo Kalitkin, co-founder and CEO, UNOWA.

What visitors will see on stand C50?

The kits on the stand include visual timetables, first/then boards and reward charts: tools staff use to make the school day predictable and to support a child's next step. Next to them, the visualisation shows the full room the kits belong to, so visitors can see where each item is used and by whom.

In England, a primary school in Kent now uses the MIKKO visual timetables and reward charts regularly in its nurture group, and early feedback from its staff has been positive. The school received the set free of charge in April 2026, with six months' access to MIKKO's online tools.

What this means for schools

A room full of good equipment can still fail a child if staff do not know when to use it or how it connects to the child's next skill. UNOWA's approach links the environment to assessment: each child is assessed across six areas of development (academic, sensory, social, speech, daily living and physical), and the result sets priority goals and an individual plan. The classroom then becomes the place where those goals are practised, with the right materials and adult support beside them.

What UNOWA learned building 14 inclusion classrooms

Between 2021 and 2024, UNOWA worked under the World Bank's Education Modernization Project in Kazakhstan, with the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The 14 classrooms were placed in pedagogical universities so that future teachers, psychologists and assistants could learn inclusion through practice before meeting children in school. Across the 14 rooms, the project delivered 307 didactic kits and more than 20,000 teaching units.

Each room was designed around four functions, which the visualisation on the stand shows:

– One-to-one work: a quieter space where an adult teaches a specific skill, such as a communication skill or a daily-living routine.

– Group work: an area to practise turn-taking, waiting and asking for help before a child manages them in a busy classroom.

– Classroom simulation: a setting to rehearse raising a hand, answering a question or moving between activities.

– Sensory and physical regulation: a place to reduce overload, with tools such as visual timers and noise-reducing headphones, each with a clear purpose.

"Before buying equipment, a school needs to know which need each item is intended to support and who will use it with the pupil. A timer or visual sequence has a purpose within a child's plan, and the adults need to understand that purpose." – Mykhailo Kalitkin.

See it at Tes SEND Show.

Visitors to stand C50 can handle the MIKKO kits, see the classroom visualisation and talk to the UNOWA team. Mykhailo Kalitkin will also speak on Friday 9 October at 11:45 on Individual Support Plans.

About UNOWA. UNOWA is an inclusive-education company developing practical systems designed to help schools deliver more effective support for children with special educational needs. Its MIKKO platform is a complete inclusion system that brings together the classroom environment, the Six Developmental Domains framework and a 24/7 AI assistant. MIKKO won the IFIP Global Inclusion Award at Bett 2026 and Best Special Needs and Inclusion Solution at the ETIH Innovation Awards 2026. More: unowa.eu.

Media contact. Vel Nazarenko, Account Manager, whYB Consult – vel@whybconsult.com.