25 years of meeting children's individual learning needs.

How our SEND support works

No two children are the same. Neither is the way we teach them.

Explore Learning tutor teaching a child with SEND
Every tutor is DBS-checked and trained in SEND awareness
100k+ families supported
Award-winning adaptive learning
Every tutor is DBS-checked and trained in SEND awareness
100k+ families supported
Award-winning adaptive learning
Tutor teaching a small group in an Explore Learning centre

Who we help 

Every child we work with learns differently, that's our starting point, not an exception we make room for. 

For 25 years, we have supported children, and their families, with a wide range of needs to find their confidence and make real progress.  

  • Autism: sensory needs, transitions, masking and demand avoidance 

  • ADHD: focus, impulsivity, working memory and forgotten instructions 

  • Speech and language: following instructions and explaining reasoning 

  • Dyslexia and dyscalculia: reading, spellings and numbers that won’t stick 

Finding the right fit for your child 

We offer two settings, and neither is the better one, it depends on your child. 

SEND in-centre tuition, child high-fiving tutor

In centre

Your child works alongside a small group of up to six others, with a tutor giving each child dedicated 1:1 attention in turn. It suits children who can manage short stretches of independent work and benefit from a low-pressure social setting.

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SEND online tuition, child learning from home

Online

Your child works one-to-one with a tutor over live video on our secure learning platform. It suits children who focus best with undivided, individual attention, or who feel calmer learning in a familiar home setting. 

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Always individual

Whichever setting you choose, your child follows their own learning plan, shaped around how they learn best rather than a fixed curriculum or pace. The setting changes; the personalisation doesn't.

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What we’re not

Knowing our limits is part of caring for your child properly. We're not the right fit if you are looking for:

  • A diagnosis or formal assessment. We can't provide diagnostic or assessment services, however we can support your child without a diagnosis.

  • Clinical or therapeutic support. Ongoing input from a clinical or therapeutic professional, rather than tuition. 

  • A specialist placement. Including support for profound hearing or visual loss. 

  • Continual supervision. Someone beside them at all times to support behaviour and keep everyone safe. 

Tutor helping child in an Explore Learning centre

How our SEND tuition works

Mother and child attending an Explore Learning free trial session
Tutor helping child to learn in an Explore Learning centre
Tutor and parent discussing child's progress
Happy SEND child learning in an Explore Learning centre

Step 1 of 4

Step 1 / 4

Start with a free trial

See how your child gets on before you decide anything. Your child will try some maths and English activities, and we will watch how they respond and communicate, then talk with you about what we see.

What progress might look like

Progress can show up in many parts of your child's life, not only in the markers a standard curriculum measures. We look at a fuller picture, built around what matters for your child. 

Academic progress

Clear data on curriculum coverage, shared through our app, showing how your child is closing the gap over time, at their own pace. 

Skills that travel

Using a method from Explore Learning at school, or a regulation technique practised with a tutor to manage a moment of sensory overload elsewhere. 

Confidence and connection 

A child who used to arrive unsettled now calm within minutes, or one who once needed prompting who now chats with their tutor unprompted. We notice these shifts and celebrate them. 

Showing up more easily

For a child who has struggled with anxiety around learning, attending sessions consistently and without resistance is real progress in its own right. 

Safeguarding

Your child’s safety is always our top priority. All learning activities are completed on a secure learning platform, and every person supporting your child is: 

  • DBS checked  

  • Trained in SEND awareness 

  • Safeguarding trained 

  • Supported by Safeguarding leads

  • In Ofsted-registered learning centres (England)

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FAQs

The questions we're asked most by SEND parents, answered honestly.

Discover how we support every child's needs

More information about the needs we see, so you can find what fits your child.

Autism

Sensory overload, transitions that derail the day, holding it together at school then falling apart at home.

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ADHD

Full of ideas and can't settle. Distracted in seconds, homework a nightly battle, and the behaviour noticed before the struggle underneath it is. 

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Speech & language

Struggling to follow instructions, quiet in class, reading and English slipping while you wait for support to come through.

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Dyslexia

Reading below age, spelling that won't stick, avoiding reading aloud, writing that takes real effort just to get a few lines down.

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Dyscalculia

Numbers that never land. Still relying on counting to get by, maths anxiety, and a struggle that's easy for others to miss. 

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Ready for learning that fits your child?

A free trial is a chance to meet our team and see how it works. We find your child’s true starting level, you see how they get on, and if we are not the right support for them, we will tell you and point you towards someone who is. 

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  • No joining fee

  • Nothing to pay for the trial

  • Get started simply and quickly

SEND child learning with their Explore Learning tutor