If your child has not been able to get to school for months, or years, you have probably been told it is anxiety, or avoidance, or something happening at home. You have probably been quoted attendance policy while your child fell apart in front of you.
We built The Haven for exactly this point. It is an online school for neurodivergent girls and gender-diverse young people aged 11-17 where nobody has to turn their camera on, nobody has to speak out loud, and nobody is told to catch up. Lessons are small, calm, and taught by educators who are almost all neurodivergent themselves. Relationship comes before learning, never the reverse.
We have onboarded learners who had been out of school for up to five years. Some had not left their bedrooms in months. They re-engaged, often surprisingly fast, because the environment finally fitted.
“Given us our child back.”
A Haven parent, year-one feedback, July 2026
One year in: what families told us
When The Haven opened, we said the problem was the environment, not the child. A year later, we asked our families and learners whether that held true.
Parents described children who now talk about what they learned that day, who have made friends, who come out of lessons and recover rather than melt down, who are sleeping better. As one parent put it: “You all get it! Without judgement!”
Nothing about these young people was broken. The environment was. When the noise, the masking, and the demand to seem fine were taken away, they did what they were always capable of: they learned, they made friends, they came back to themselves.
What learning at The Haven looks like
Three ways to join
Not sure which applies to you? Get in touch and we will help you work it out.
For local authorities and schools
The Haven works with the young people other provision has not reached: extended non-attendance (sometimes years), situational mutism, autistic burnout, learners with EHCPs where no suitable placement exists. Our year-one family feedback shows re-engagement, improved wellbeing, and renewed learning across the cohort, and we report progress to commissioning partners throughout a placement.
We offer flexible placements from a 12-week Back to Balance block to a full-time timetable, robust safeguarding, and continuity of education for young people who would otherwise be receiving none.
Talk to us about commissioning a place
