Empty school cloakroom with rows of coat pegs and benches in soft morning light

The first thirty minutes of the school day

Where to start with sensory environments in a school. Not the timetable. Not the curriculum. The first thirty minutes of the day, before any child sits down.

The first thirty minutes of the school day

Where to start with sensory environments in a school. Not the timetable. Not the curriculum. The first thirty minutes of the day, before any child sits down.

The five minutes before a sensory meltdown

Most of what is called a behavioural incident has already happened by the time anyone notices. Here is what to watch for in the five minutes before.

Interview rooms are designed for the worst version of you

Bright lights, hard chairs, a panel of strangers, and a forty-minute window to perform. We accept this as normal. Autistic candidates do not have the luxury of pretending it is fine.

What the SEND review missed about lunchtime

The reviews talk a lot about classrooms and very little about the twenty-five minutes that decide how the afternoon will go.