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📻 Listen to our founder, Rachel, on BBC Radio Leeds tomorrow at 12.15 on the @gaylelofthouse radio show! She’ll be sharing the WHY behind founding Sowing Seeds and our journey so far supporting children and families! 📻 #bbcradioleeds #bradford #tutor #ehcp #eotas ...

We started off with one tutor and have grown over the past 3 and a half years with a team of 22 employed staff and over 50 tutors internationally to offer award-winning tuition, online tuition and coaching, dyslexia support, wrap around childcare and holiday club, support as a non-school alternative provision in Bradford, Leeds and Calderdale, supporting neurodivergent children learn in their own way and support their mental health, sell our family house to buy our premises and live upstairs(very soon!), open our Thackley wellbeing centre to support community health, offer family support and virtual and on site training as well as offer stay and play and bespoke learning for children and adults who needs a bespoke sensory environment and approach too. Apparently we are “doing too much”…but this is only the beginning! DM us to book a taster or find out about all our courses! #bradford #ofstedregistered #tutoring #gcse #ehcp ...

✨We are almost ready and now taking private, group and school bookings from Monday 5th June at Sowing Seeds Sensory inside our Wellbeing Centre, Thackley! You’ll have access to three sensory rooms too! We have purposely designed our space to be accessible and available to all ages (both school age and adults) to provide a safe and relaxing experience for families, carers and groups. As well as opening mid-week, we will be open most weekends and will have plenty of slots available over the summer school holidays! Keep an eye out for our pop-up sessions too! To find out more, contact us via our website on www.sowingseedswellbeing.co.uk #Bradford #nonprofit #sensorycentre #westyorkshire #send ...

🥰 We received a lovely thank you surprise from some of our Seedlings today! We offer plenty of time to get fresh air, play, and eat a nutritious tea - and the option to get support with their learning and homework in our tutoring sessions 4-5pm. When booked together, receive a 10% discount too! (It’s 33.50 for tuition or £40 for school collection and tea and tuition and childcare until 6pm)! 🌱#bradford #ofstedregistered childcareprovider tutor schoolcollection ...

🤩Our incredible team was on the front page of The Telegraph & Argus (Bradford) last week! It’s hard to believe that just under 2 weeks ago we celebrated with the incredible educators who were finalists in Bradford’s Education Awards - and it’s thanks to your nominations 🥰. We didn’t win Specialist Provision of the Year (this year!), and we knew it was a tough category, but to be in the photo on the front cover shows how proud we were to be there.🥰!

We also had the privilege of judging the shortlist for Supporting Member of Staff of the Year - and Stacey (our Head of Operations) and I presented the award. We purposely chose this category over others as it reflects the importance of these key professionals who play an even more important role to support children, families (and all staff) at school, home and in the community. All of the finalists were fantastic and well done to Hayley for winning this award! She was in complete shock and Stacey and I stayed with her on stage, so she could celebrate this moment, as she was so nervous.

We would have loved to invite all our team from Sowing Seeds Alternative Learning and to be able to celebrate how much we’ve grown and what we have already achieved together for our learners and their families. Everyone was there in spirit.💙

To find out more about what we do, visit our website on www.sowingseedstuition.co.uk or DM us 🥰

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It was an emotional day listening to all of the speakers, hearing about all of the experiences (and trauma) of parents and reading the comments from children about their experience in education and now out of mainstream schools. I love teaching and have always been proud to work in education but left as I knew the system was broken and it broke me. Today, we were united in wanting to achieve the same goal for all our children and young people - now and in the future. #westyorkshire #send #ehcp #childrensrights #nonschool ...

🚰👏Well done to our learners for an incredible Friday afternoon! Jordan taught our learners about the different fittings and fixtures and they had plenty of hands-on practical learning by measuring, cutting and connecting the pipes to the taps - even better, there were no leaks! Next week it’s all about electrics 12.30-14.30 and we have the option to deliver as part of the Construction ASDAN short course with one of our learning mentors too! We will also run half termly blocks focusing on one element but want to run tasters this half term for our learners to experience different skills and vocations. #asdan #bradford #nonprofit #preparationforadulthood ...

Our Constrution for Beginners Course with Jordan started this week with an introduction to different tools and joints! One of our learners was taught how to measure, saw and hammer to create a range of joints for the first time! We have more bookings each week, for plumbing this Friday and electrics the following week! This is a 7 week course and sessions can be purely for enjoyment and upskilling or alongside the ASDAN Course with our Learning Mentors. Find out more via our website in the comments section or to book, DM us or email hello@sowingseedsap.co.uk #bradford #send #asdan #constructionskills #functionalskills ...

🤩 We are in the @telegraphandargus today for Specialist Provision of the Year! We are also sponsoring Learning Support Assistant of the Year as it’s such an important role in schools and in our specialist non-school! For more information, check out our website! #bradford #tutoring #send #awards ...

Part 2 - Post radio interview with @bcb106.6fm and @danielle.broadbent ! It flew by and there was so much more I could have talked aboutd validate Danielle’s petition and the reason why more pathways need to be available…without schools being held to ransom by out of date and unfair progress measurement scales, which ultimately have a long term impact on teachers’ mental health and students’ mental health.#bradford #childrensmentalhealth #send #ehcp #sendreform ...

Part 1 - I’m feeling nervous before my first interview on radio at @BCB Radio with @Danielle Broadbent all about Sowing Seeds and opening the conversation about the white paper on SEND reform . #bradford #childrensmentalhealth #nonschool #send #ehcp ...

👀 Take a virtual tour inside our welcoming tuition centre in Idle inside the beautiful Footsteps Theatre School and see why we are different to anywhere else!💚

We have a range of new sessions starting next week for 5-19 year olds from 4-7pm and open from 9-3pm as a non-school for schools, EHE learners and as part of EOTAS packages.

Email hello@sowingseedstuition.co.uk to book a taster session.
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💪My body will hurt tomorrow! I have become more reflective about my own needs and what helps me feel safe and thrive too! After spending so long identifying, planning and adjusting for learners over the past 20 years, I’ve started to look inwards - more so than before - about what works for me and my team (who are just as important!) and celebrating our differences and how we all fit together. Our training day on Monday is all about this - and hopefully having lots of fun along the way! #bradford #childrensmentalhealth #parentsmentalhealthmatters #tuition #teach ...

Here’s a look at what we’ve been up to over the past month! As well as finishing off our sensory rooms and shiny new website, we have been using our main training room for meeting with different Trusts and LAs about our offer, delivered our ASDAN courses and animal therapeutic sessions, finalised our workshops for next week, had lovely walks in the local woods, hosted our first SEND-friendly party AND Rachel also had the privelege of visiting Leeds Beckett Knowledge Centre to listen to Steph from Neurocreators who was delivering a special Neurodivergent Professionals Network talk as part of Neurodiversity Celebration Week! Please get in touch if you’d like to find out more about our workshops, ASDAN and NCFE courses! #bradford #nonprofit #ehcp #socialcare #safespace ...

We know we’ve been quiet on here and that there’s been a lot going on behind the scenes! I thought I’d share another update on our Thackley site as we have lots coming up, including our NEW Basics to construction, electrics and plumbing starting after Easter every Friday 12.30-14.30 with Jordan! We have 7 places available and a programme to cover each week, working independently and as a team of 3 for certain aspects of the course. If you’d like more information and to book, please email hello@sowingseedstuition.co.uk ...

🪑If you know us, you’ll know we’re always gently adapting our spaces and premises to suit the children and young people learning with us! From flexible dynamic seating, and calm low-demand areas, to movement breaks, chunked tasks and tailoring our teaching style. We never expect our learners to simply “fit” the environment. We shape the environment around them. 💛

Over time, we’ve noticed something really important…

By the time some children arrive for tuition — especially in the late afternoon and evening — they’re tired. They’ve worked hard all day at school. They’ve been sitting still, concentrating, managing social situations, following rules. That’s a lot.

And what can look like fidgeting, slouching or losing focus isn’t a lack of effort, it’s often pure mental and physical fatigue.

That’s why we’ve added wobble stools to both our daytime and evening sessions. 🌿

We’re realising they may be even more valuable at the end of the day than we first thought! When energy is low and regulation is harder, gentle movement can:
• Help re-engage tired brains
• Support posture when little bodies are worn out
• Release built-up restlessness from a full school day
• Make learning feel more fun, manageable and less pressured

It’s a small adjustment but those small adjustments can completely shift how your child feels in the room. And when your child feels comfortable and understood, they’re far more ready to learn.

We’ll always keep reflecting, listening and growing because that’s how we thrive too.

If you’d like to chat about how we personalise sessions and support wellbeing alongside learning, our inbox is always open. 🌱

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2025 has done us proud as we end this year on a high ready to open our main studio next week! I’ve been out of action for a whole month wiped out by flu/Covid but today I was finally well enough to start painting! Thank goodness Laura has been on a mission and made sure everything runs to plan! Our sensory spaces will open in February and we will have our Preparation for Adulthood and meeting room ready in March along with our sensory garden and outdoor training area…including our very own forest school. Your donations have been incredible and we can’t thank everyone enough as it wouldn’t be possible without your generosity (and we are unpaid too so it all goes into the non-profit business 💜). The link for our Amazon work list will be shared in a separate post! Yoga with Sharon from @believeandachieveyoga starts on Monday 5th, 5.45-6.45 and 7-8pm and Tuesday 10.30-11.30. Pilates will start the following week! Please DM or contact us on 07753326202 to arrange a visit if you wish to deliver any training or workshops in Thackley (or access any)! We have seating for up to 12 people or you can use our space as a blank canvas to make it your own! Our ASDAN courses for our secondary and adult learners will start in January with a range of workshops from Expressive Arts, Computing, to Animal Care (and more)! You can book one of our 1-2-1 sessions or book a small group session for up to 4 learners. We have so much to share so please get in touch to find out what well-being and educational support we can provide!
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This day has finally arrived and John kindly gave Laura and I the keys today ready to get started on Monday! We received another generous donation of timber, a sink, vanity unit and lots more (we will doa separate post to thank them)! We have lots to do over the next month but that doesn’t phase us as we have been planning this for the past 6 months and know what our families need! Thank you so much to the companies, friends and members of the community for all your generous donations and giving up your time to help us shape what we will be offering our children and adults with SEND and empowering them by offering a therapeutic and educational space! We will be focusing on getting our floor ready and making some adjustments so we are fully accessible. If you can offer any services with screeding or even painting we would love to hear from you before we get started! We will be creating a thank you plaque to thank all our donors as this would not be possible without you. Thank you so much! 🥰
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Our Sowing Seeds Directors personally went to thank Amar for organising a kind donation from @wickes in Shipley for an Accesible Bathroom Toilet, Basin and Grab Rails for our new wellbeing and training centre in Thackley as we prepare to get the keys next week! This will broaden our offer at our second centre to provide ASDAN and NCFE qualifications and courses as well as private exclusive access for families and small groups to get the support and respite they need at our centre.

Over the next few days, we can’t wait to share all of the generous donations from local and national companies to offer our children, young people and families a safe, supportive indoor and outdoor community and therapeutic space. Donations so far will help build our Preparation for Adulthood studio flat, construction of our sensory spaces and our training centre - and we are incredibly grateful!

We are still in need of a plumber to move a boiler (slightly) to allow wheel chair access through an access point and will asking flooring companies for materials or donations towards the flooring to make sure it is comfortable for our vulnerable learners. We will be very busy over the next couple of months as we prepare for our launch in the new year!

If you’d like to find out more or email us about how you can offer or signpost us for support, please email Rachel@sowingseedswellbeing.co.uk #bradford #send #safespace #childrensmentalhealth #family #cic #nonprofit #independentliving #therapy #sensory ...

☀️We have loved the fact that our younger and older children have been able to enjoy the sunshine over the past week! Our garden has been a favourite spot for the kids along with trips across the road to enjoy games of football, cricket, mini-beast hunting, bug-house building and making some clay-characters using tree trunks! We`ve taken so many photos of the different activities that we will share them all next week! 😂 Amongst everything else, we`ve even squeezed in daily games of snooker and darts! We have a small number of spaces left this week and continue to take bookings for our morning and after-school club! 😎💚 ...

We had a brilliant start to the week with our Monday Easter club kiddies as they joined us for the first time and made new friends! We enjoyed time both indoors and outdoors! At the end of the day, it was lovely walking one of the girls to her mum at collection time and she said to me, “I can’t wait to tell my mum what a good time I’ve had!” 🥰 We want your children to make memories and have fun. Some children want to have quieter space at times and dimly lit room, and later need to run around, play games and burn some energy! We can do all those things (and more!) in our amazing space at @footstepstheatreschool. We will be taking the kids foraging this week and have lots of spring crafts as well as Easter crafts planned too! You can book with 24 hours’ notice and we also have the option for last minute bookings if we have space available! Please also remember to pack a hat and sun cream when the sun is out ☀️ #easterholiday #wraparoundchildcare #bradford #ofstedregistered #tuitioncentre #childcare #forestschoolactivities #childrensmentalhealth ...

☀️We love our breakfast club and school drop offs every week day! It gives the children time to eat their breakfast without the mad dash, time to play, time to read, time to chat and prepare for their day and time to laugh! We do school drop offs at Idle Primary, Thackley Primary and Thorpe Primary! To book a morning or afternoon session, or our holiday club, DM us or contact us on 07753326202!
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After welcoming lots of new families to our centre with a tour and time to answer any questions, we decided to take a Girling family walk from Sowing Seedlings to Thorpe Primary with some planned stops in Idle Village (with a lunch box as a treat in Idle Coffee Lounge!). This is also a great video for newer families and parents to show what a beautiful high street and village is just down the road from us to visit when dropping children for tuition!

If you`d like to arrange a visit, we are open on Monday 6-6.30, Wednesday 6-6.30. Please get in touch on 07753326202 as we can offer additional times if needed. ...

A beautiful walk from Sowing Seedlings (inside Footsteps Theatre School on Westfield Lane) to Idle Primary School for drop off and collection! Watch this space as our other primary schools will follow (my children go to Idle which is why I cheated and recorded this one first!). Please bring your children and visit us 10.30-12.30 tomorrow, Saturday 15th February, for a tour and to ask Rachel any questions! #tuition #ofstedregistered #bradford #childrensmentalhealth #childcare #cityofbradford #idle #thackley #windhill ...