Our stories

Max is 14 and is going through a gender transition. The stresses of feeling he was in the wrong body were impacting negatively on his mental health, often stopping him from going to school.

6 year old Oscar was missing a lot of school, as his mum Diane was worried that his school wasn’t able to manage his epilepsy. His attendance had fallen to 87%.

14 year old Millie felt completely overwhelmed at the thought of going to school and would often refuse to go in the morning. Her attendance fell to just 37%.

8 year old Henry was referred to School-Home Support as he would often refuse to go to school, and his attendance had fallen to just 61%.

Ahmet’s experience with education had already faced major disruption; having been in 3 mainstream schools already, his family took him abroad to continue his education. When the family returned home, Ahmet was still struggling to settle into the mainstream school.