Love2Learn Education

28/09/2026

A personal post from me, Kirsty. 🏔️

On Saturday I summited Ben Nevis in aid of Anawim, a Birmingham charity that supports women facing some of the most difficult circumstances imaginable, including homelessness, domestic abuse and addiction.

Supporting vulnerable people in our community is at the heart of everything we do at Love2Learn, and Anawim's work with women in Birmingham is something I feel deeply connected to. Behind every child or young person we support, there is often a family, and so often a mother, who is holding everything together under enormous pressure. Anawim supports those women.

I am proud of what I managed to accomplish on Saturday and I am so grateful to everyone who has donated.

If you would like to contribute, the link is here:
👉 https://www.justgiving.com/page/kirsty-fox-4

A small apology too - I am still feeling pretty tired today so I may be a little slower than usual getting back to people. I hope to be back up to full speed by the end of the week. Thank you for your patience.

Thank you for being part of this community. It means everything.

Kirsty 💙

23/09/2026

We're asking our Love2Learn community to sign and share this petition.

The Government's proposed SEND reforms could limit access to EHCPs, raise thresholds and reduce families' right to appeal. Individual plans could be replaced with generic packages.

Every day we work with learners whose support exists because it is written into law. For many of them, that legal protection is the difference between being in education and being left out.

The petition was started by a young autistic campaigner who relies on these rights himself. It needs 100,000 signatures to be considered for debate in Parliament and closes on 14 October.
It takes less than a minute. Please sign and share it with anyone who cares about children with SEND.

👉 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/764268

I believe that the Government’s proposed SEND reforms could limit EHCPs, weaken legal rights, replace individual plans with packages, reduce appeals, and remove school choice. In my view, children could be left without the support they need as a result.

18/09/2026

Today's the deadline, midnight tonight, for the government's EOTAS consultation. If your child has been through EOTAS, or you work with families like ours, please consider taking 30 minutes to have your say before it closes.

We've just submitted our own response. It's built on what we see every day: children who can't manage in a school setting, and families holding everything together while they wait for the right support to arrive.

A few of the things we asked for:

A real legal right to support for children who don't meet the threshold for the new Specialist Provision Packages, not only those with the most complex needs special needs

A consistent national standard for EOTAS quality assurance, so support doesn't vary depending on where a family lives

A properly funded route to mental health support for neurodivergent children, who are too often turned away by CAMHS

This consultation will shape how EOTAS works for years to come. If you haven't responded yet, you still can, right up until midnight.

Thank you to every family who has shared their experience with us this year. This response was written for you.

Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education

10/09/2026

Lovely news to share today!

We had a phone call from Jonathan at the British Library's Get Ready for Growth scheme to let us know Love2Learn Education has been accepted onto the programme.

We've just booked in our workshops between now and Christmas and we're genuinely excited about what this means for the business.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us along the way. More updates to follow as we get stuck into the programme.

09/09/2026

How we work: functional skills in action

We've had a lot of new faces following our page recently after a comment about the functional skills exams we offer, so I thought it might help to show what that actually looks like in practice.

This week I worked with one of our learners on an initial maths assessment. It showed they were ready for Entry Level 3, so the next step is a subject knowledge assessment. This gives us a clear picture of exactly which topics they already know and where the gaps are, and from that we build a personal learning plan.

That plan becomes our framework, but it never dictates the session on its own. This particular learner works best with a six part lesson structure. We always start with a settling activity and mark homework together. We finish with something the learner chooses. In between, we bring in their own interests wherever we can.

The subject knowledge assessment tells us the maths content we need to cover. What we do with that content, how we bring it to life, is where the creativity comes in.

This learner is currently educated other than at school and working towards sitting functional skills qualifications with us when they are ready. It's a good example of what personalised really means at Love2Learn: a clear plan, built around a real young person.

03/09/2026

Save the Halescroft Centre

The Halescroft Centre is being nominated as an Asset of Community Value, a step that could stop it going to auction and keep it available for local families, including as a much needed community hub for children and young people with SEND.

One in five children in Birmingham now receive SEND support or have an Education, Health and Care Plan, and specialist school places are in desperately short supply. Spaces like this, that bring learning, wellbeing and community together, matter more than ever.

The building is due to go to auction on 10th September, so time is short. Please:
✅ Sign the petition
✅ Share this post
✅ Submit a letter of support if you can

Every voice helps keep this space for the families who need it.

Sign here: https://win.newmode.net/sendsocialsbirminghamcic/savethehalescroftcentre

With thanks to S.E.N.D Socials Birmingham for leading this campaign.

03/09/2026

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Can’t Not Won’t by Eliza Fricker.
A Story About A Child Who Couldn’t Go To School.
Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers

03/09/2026

Day two of term, and Emma, one of our tutors, had a rather unexpected co-pilot in her session today.

Meet Linguini, a 3 and a half year old ball python and the pet of one of our EOTAS learners, who was very keen to be involved in the lesson.

We've since learned rather more about ball pythons than we expected to. Apparently a full moult is a good sign a snake is healthy and growing, so consider us informed.

Not the icebreaker we had planned, but it worked. Great first session back, and a properly memorable start to the term.

29/08/2026

Are you calm, consistent and confident with a child who isn't ready for the classroom yet?

We're recruiting a Specialist Key Worker or Tutor to support a young KS1 learner with complex SEND needs, in a primary school in Ladywood, Birmingham. She's not currently accessing a formal curriculum. She needs consistent, relationship-based support to help her regulate and engage in a low-demand, sensory-based environment.

This is about connection, regulation and trust, rather than academic outcomes at this stage.

- Wednesdays and Fridays, 10:30am to 12:30pm (4 hours a week)
- £30.00 to £40.00 per hour, depending on experience
- Employed (PAYE) or self-employed, depending on your preference
- School-based in Ladywood, Birmingham (B18)
- Funding confirmed until Easter 2027, with the possibility of further extension

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check with barred list and our full safer recruitment checks. We're committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Full details and how to apply: https://www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy/schrole_0fc82f85-b382-48e8-9c90-a198028cec39

If you know someone who might be right for this, please share.

29/08/2026

Do you understand PDA in daily practice, not just in theory?

We're recruiting a Specialist Tutor for a fixed-term role in Bromley, working with a young person who is autistic, with a demand avoidant profile (PDA), alongside ADHD, anxiety and dyslexia. He's been out of formal education for some time and needs his education delivered at his own pace, through his own interests, rather than through direct instruction.

We're looking for someone who can build the kind of trusted relationship that makes re-engagement with learning possible.

- 12 hours a week across 5 days, term-time only (39 weeks a year)
- £30.00 to £42.00 per hour, plus statutory holiday pay, depending on experience
- Based in Bromley: home and community-based, with some online elements

This role can be covered by one Specialist Tutor doing all 12 hours, or split between two tutors. If you can only offer fewer hours but the rest of this profile fits you, please still apply.

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check with barred list, satisfactory references and our full safer recruitment checks. We're committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Full details and how to apply: https://www.tes.com/jobs/vacancy/schrole_3481da6f-5762-472e-a589-2bd3d567282b

If you know someone who might be right for this, please share.

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