“Due to only negative experience at schools, and being constantly excluded, my son believed that no school would be interested in him and his ways. This made him anxious with low self-esteem.

Now, not only does Theo believe that he goes to the best school in the world. He believes this since his thoughts and opinions are are so welcomed, that he’s involved in constantly improving his school. He starts every day full of confidence and can’t wait to get to school to share his bright ideas with friends and teachers”.

“I feel like my relationship with lots of the teachers and kids have changed a lot and that I am very different to when I first started and I still have some way to go but I’m getting there.

I feel like the months with joe as my teacher was what helped me think more positively and get back on track and control my anger so that my go-to thing when I get annoyed is not to hit someone but to go for a walk or something like that.

Going for a walk each day helped me open up in a place I felt more relaxed and also gave me a routine and structure to my day, I know they having a walk at lunchtime each day I can always talk about if anything upset me in the morning and if anything is worrying me about the afternoon.

My circle or teacher that I like in the school has definitely expanded and now I feel like I need to work on getting my work done every day fully and continue to do lots of work so I can get good GCSE’s as that is my main goal”.