Square Peg

we exist to effect change for all those children and young people who are ‘square pegs’ and don’t fit an increasingly inflexible education system. what should change, the square peg or the system? too often it’s the square peg that’s forced into a round hole in this one-size-fits-all system. every child deserves to enjoy learning, whatever that means for them as an individual, but our education system is far from individual. a growing number of children & young people therefore struggle to attend. this may be due to unmet special educational needs or disabilities (send), bullying, trauma, physical illness or severe anxiety. school attendance difficulties are often poorly understood, compounded by current challenges within education and the various support systems, and often have severe consequences for both child and family. absence and exclusion are two sides of the same (unmet need) coin. the spotlight falls on behaviour and exclusion yet there are nearly 10x as many persistent a