Specialist SEND, SEMH, and inclusion support for schools

Building a deep understanding of a child is essential to developing the right learning and intervention path, and our specialist assessments for schools help to shape this essential picture. Delivered by highly qualified practitioners – including educational and clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, nurses, and consultants – each assessment uses psychological evaluations and clinical diagrams to identify the underlying causes of a child's presentation, providing a written report with recommendations to guide the next steps in their support. They are not intended to replace statutory or diagnostic pathways, but to give staff genuine clarity beyond surface-level behaviours, so they can make informed decisions with confidence.

Our assessment services include:

• Cognitive evaluations led by educational psychologists, such as SEMH assessments and neurodevelopmental screening, to understand barriers to engagement and progress – supporting across areas such as SEND, SEMH, autism, ADHD, behaviour, inclusion, and wider developmental needs, as well as contributing to statutory assessment and education, health, and care plan (EHCP) processes where appropriate

• Clinical psychology and psychotherapy assessments – covering areas such as anxiety, trauma, attachment, emotional regulation, and complex behaviour –  to help understand the factors affecting a young person’s wellbeing and implement appropriate support

• Sensory needs assessments and communication needs assessments, identifying how a child experiences their environment and any hidden speech, language, or communication difficulties that demand attention

• Occupational therapy in schools, evaluating a child's sensory, motor, and functional skills to identify barriers to participation in classroom activities and daily school life

Every child's behaviour tells a totally unique story, and often the best way to read it is with an expert alongside you. Our systemic consultation for schools helps staff step back from behaviour-focused responses and look instead at the bigger picture – including the family relationships, lived experiences, and wider systems shaping a child's presentation. This shift marks an important transition from reactive intervention to proactive and informed decision making across the entire learning experience.

Our school consultancy services include:

• Case consultation, offering formulation-based advice on individual children, families, or teams, whether that's for behaviour support strategies, transition planning, or EHCP evidence

• Staff supervision, providing hands-on SENCO support, SEND leadership coaching, and reflective guidance for pastoral teams, behaviour leads, and therapists, so those with statutory responsibility feel supported at every step

Real, lasting change happens when adults feel confidently equipped rather than simply informed. This is the thinking behind our SEND training for teachers – bespoke programmes shaped around each school's specific needs, so staff walk away with skills they can put into practice immediately. Meanwhile, our SEND support for multi-academy trusts keeps inclusivity standards consistent across every setting.

Training topics may include:

• SEMH and behaviour, including trauma-informed training and emotional regulation training for schools, attachment-aware practice, relational behaviour approaches, and the window of tolerance  

• Communication and interaction, helping staff understand behaviour as communication, embed language-informed practice, and build emotionally safe environments where pupils feel a genuine sense of belonging

• Sensory and physical development, covering sensory regulation and integration, fine and gross motor development, and how the physical environment shapes participation

• Strategic SEND and SEMH leadership, SENCO development, and improving the systems that underpin genuinely inclusive schools

Training can be delivered as twilight sessions, half days or full days, depending on what works for your school calendar and your staff's capacity.

Inclusion is not a one-time deliverable, but a provision that’s intentionally built through everyday decisions across multidisciplinary teams. Our whole-school SEND support helps schools develop high-quality support across their entire organisation, embedding practice that lasts well beyond any single project or inspection cycle.

Areas of support include:

• Strategic and policy development, covering SEND strategy development, behaviour policy review, graduated response implementation, and EHCP process development, giving schools a clear and coherent framework for supporting pupils at every stage

• Ofsted readiness, including our dedicated SEND Ofsted preparation, helping leaders evidence genuinely embedded practice through provision maps and graduated response documentation, rather than losing sleep over last-minute paperwork

• Inclusion audits for schools, assessing enabling environments and provision quality, with a specialist focus on sensory and communication culture, classroom layouts, sensory regulation spaces and predictability, physical access, and safety across the setting

• SEND provision audits, reviewing graduated response, behaviour support systems, intervention programmes, and staff training needs to build a clear picture of where provision is strong and where the biggest opportunities lie

Every piece of work ends with a written report and practical recommendations, so insight turns into action your team can confidently progress with.