Schools and children in Hambleton can now get support from a new venture offering independent education provision in the Tees Valley and North Yorkshire region.
Created by three experienced teachers, Julie Philips, Stuart Booth and Andy Ford, Jigsaw Education has taken on two teaching studios in Middlesbrough and Darlington to support vulnerable children requiring additional support and alternative teaching.
To launch the business to schools and colleges, Jigsaw Education held an afternoon tea launch event at its Middlesbrough Centre, providing networking, advice and cream teas to over 20 SENCo, teachers and regional teaching assistants.
The key note speaker, Sue Clarke MBE, who as a team member, gave a talk on ‘Balancing the Challenge’ which gave teachers resources to use in their classrooms and helped teachers to understand the wide range of services Jigsaw Education can offer to support children and their schools.
As part of its services, Jigsaw Education provides Key stage 2, Key stage 3 and GCSE standard qualification teaching, as well as a therapeutic approach featuring mediation, mindfulness and creative arts to help provide alternative teaching to children who are experiencing or have experienced difficulties at their mainstream schools.
The service works with parents and schools and CAMHS to continue a momentum of care and learning in different environments to help aid the children and the teachers, schools. Jigsaw Education is able to work with small groups and one to one teaching as well as Outreach provision.
Julie Phillips, director, said: “Our aim is to provide education and emotional support on an interim basis, supporting emotional resilience with therapeutic support.
“We have over 50 years combined of working in education and we believe we have put together a professional team and a holistic educational service that will help Tees Valley schools hugely.”
Event attendee, Vicky Houlding from Laurence Jackson School in Guisborough said: “I am so glad I came, it’s been great to talk with other professionals and get some fresh ideas.”
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