SEND specialist educational programmes
We’re dedicated to creating personal education packages that make SENse. These are designed to fit specific emotional, social and academic needs (integrating with any education, health and care plans), to give our brilliant young people the tools and opportunities to advance and grow.
How we help
At SENse Learning, we support young people with additional needs from the age of five to twenty-five. Whatever the reasons for accessing our services – which range from anxiety or mental health conditions to children struggling in more formal school settings or waiting for a specialist placement – we give every young person the respect and support they deserve.
Because we’re dealing with individuals, we constantly evolve what we offer, tailoring it to suit ever-changing needs. We look at health, education and wellbeing in a holistic way which revolves around positive relationship building, creative interest-based learning and working at the young person's pace.
Hear from our founders
We celebrate the diversity of our students and strive to ensure that no child, or young person, is left behind.
Hear direct from founders, Lucy and Sophie about how SENse Learning works with individuals, families and the network around them to create a learning path that makes SENse.
Make a referral
Our comprehensive referral and assessment process ensures that we are fully equipped to meet the needs of the young people we support.
Who we support
Additional needs come in all shapes and sizes. Our referral process is thorough and determines if we are the right fit for a child or young person.
We’ve supported children with autism spectrum conditions (ASC), pathological demand avoidance (PDA), developmental trauma, ADHD, selective mutism and a range of anxiety and mental health conditions.
“X has become more enthusiastic and confident in terms of recording his ideas. He is keen to participate in class activities and has become more relaxed and friendly with his peers. His attitude and his self-worth in terms of writing have increased immensely.”
Our pathways
Assessment Pathway
Most of our students will start their SENse Learning journey here. They get to meet and start building relationships with their tutor team and together we map out an educational journey that makes SENse for them.
Reintegration Pathway
This is a pathway which looks to minimise barriers to learning. The focus is on developing confidence, socialisation and engagement skills for children aiming to reintegrate to a school or college.
Vocational and Independence Pathway
A pathway where young people are encouraged to work towards further education or training, employment and independent living. Students will all develop their wellbeing, interaction, learning and life skills through our SENse WILL and Functional Skill curriculum as they look towards these exciting next steps.
Complex and EOTAS Pathway
This pathway focuses on building a solid foundation by prioritising wellbeing above all else. Our aim is to support and enable students to step into another SENse pathway that will help determine what comes after SENse. It’s also sometimes the right place for our EOTAS students who need a primary focus on wellbeing.
The curriculums and qualifications we offer
The WILL framework™
The WILL framework™ is our own holistic curriculum. It covers four main areas of wellbeing, interaction, learning and life skills with careful links to educational, health and care plans (EHCP).
NCFE functional skills
Functional Skills offers an alternative curriculum to GCSEs. We deliver entry level 1 and 2 - level 1 and 2 in English and Maths as well as Digital Functional Skills at entry level 3 to level 1.
Primary functional skills
For our primary-aged students we’ve developed our own primary functional curriculum allowing students to progress at their own pace while gaining the core academic knowledge from the national curriculum.
Arts Award
We offer four different levels of the Arts Award. From Discover – an entry level award designed to start young people on their creative journey – right up to the Silver award, where students develop their own talent and learn the organisational skills needed to take on a leadership role in the arts.
ASDAN
The ASDAN courses we provide cover a range of life skills. The scope is wide but good examples are building a famous landmark in Minecraft, cooking a meal on a budget or learning how to care for animals.
