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You’ve got a child in full uniform who can’t get out of the door. School wants an explanation. You’d quite like one yourself.
Barriers to School PLUS is a practical toolkit for parents and carers of children in Years 4, 5 and 6 who are finding school increasingly hard to face. It helps you work out where the day gets difficult, put what you’re seeing into words and ask school for support that fits.
Maybe it’s walking into a noisy classroom. Maybe it’s reading aloud, finding someone to play with at break, or the worry that starts on Sunday evening. Your child might still be getting through the gates most days. The toolkit gives you somewhere to start before the next morning unravels.
20 questions and a two-week school log to help you spot patterns and bring clear examples to school.
Eight practical toolkits to help you explore what’s getting in the way and decide what to try.
Year-by-year guidance for the pressures that can crop up in Years 4, 5 and 6.
Eight email templates, conversation scripts and planning tools to help you contact school, prepare for a meeting and follow up on what was agreed.
Printable pages for your child and three short stories to read together, one for each year group. These give your child a gentler way to show what feels hard, what helps and what they wish adults understood.
The free guide helps you start noticing what might be getting in the way. PLUS gives you the questions, recording pages and ready-to-adapt wording to do something with what you find. So when you open that blank email to the SENCo, you can get past “Hi” without spending your entire evening on it.
Written by Janine, a former SENCo with 34 years in UK education, for families navigating school anxiety, attendance difficulties or SEND-related barriers, including ADHD and autism. School guidance references relate to England.
£14.99 for the 62-page digital PDF, including printable child activities.
In development: A phone-friendly parent recorder and a separate KS2 space for your child to record their own experience of school.
You’ve got a child in full uniform who can’t get out of the door. School wants an explanation. You’d quite like one yourself.
Barriers to School PLUS is a practical toolkit for parents and carers of children in Years 4, 5 and 6 who are finding school increasingly hard to face. It helps you work out where the day gets difficult, put what you’re seeing into words and ask school for support that fits.
Maybe it’s walking into a noisy classroom. Maybe it’s reading aloud, finding someone to play with at break, or the worry that starts on Sunday evening. Your child might still be getting through the gates most days. The toolkit gives you somewhere to start before the next morning unravels.
20 questions and a two-week school log to help you spot patterns and bring clear examples to school.
Eight practical toolkits to help you explore what’s getting in the way and decide what to try.
Year-by-year guidance for the pressures that can crop up in Years 4, 5 and 6.
Eight email templates, conversation scripts and planning tools to help you contact school, prepare for a meeting and follow up on what was agreed.
Printable pages for your child and three short stories to read together, one for each year group. These give your child a gentler way to show what feels hard, what helps and what they wish adults understood.
The free guide helps you start noticing what might be getting in the way. PLUS gives you the questions, recording pages and ready-to-adapt wording to do something with what you find. So when you open that blank email to the SENCo, you can get past “Hi” without spending your entire evening on it.
Written by Janine, a former SENCo with 34 years in UK education, for families navigating school anxiety, attendance difficulties or SEND-related barriers, including ADHD and autism. School guidance references relate to England.
£14.99 for the 62-page digital PDF, including printable child activities.
In development: A phone-friendly parent recorder and a separate KS2 space for your child to record their own experience of school.