Specialist education for children with additional and complex needs — assessment-informed, child-led, and grounded in genuine relationship.
Most educational systems are built for a particular kind of learner. Children who do not fit that template are often described in terms of what they cannot do — what they cannot access, cannot manage, cannot sustain. Our work begins from the opposite direction.
Every child we work with has something they can do, something that engages them, something they are already reaching for. SEN specialist support, as we practise it, means finding that point of contact first — and building from there, assessment-informed but always child-led.
"A child who cannot read a textbook may read a room. A child who cannot sit still may hold a character for thirty minutes. We start where the child already is."
Annarie's SEN practice spans a wide range of additional and complex needs. This is not a generalist offer — it reflects fifteen-plus years of direct, specialist work across mainstream, specialist, and therapeutic settings.
There is no single template. What we offer is shaped around the child — their needs, their pace, their strengths, and what their family or school is trying to achieve. That said, a number of principles run through all of our SEN work.
The Education, Health and Care Plan process is designed to ensure that children with significant additional needs receive the provision they require. In practice, many families find the process opaque, the language inaccessible, and the support promised difficult to secure.
We are not a legal service, and we do not replace specialist SEND advocates. But we understand the EHCP framework, we know how educational provision is described and specified, and we can work with families and schools to make sure that what a child actually needs is clearly and specifically articulated — not lost in language that sounds comprehensive but leaves room for nothing to change.
If you are at the assessment stage, mid-review, or trying to understand whether provision is being properly implemented, we are happy to have a conversation about what we can usefully offer.
Every enquiry is a conversation, not a form. Tell us a little about your child and what you are hoping to find, and we will tell you honestly whether we can help.
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