Martyn is a highly skilled, specialist teacher with over thirty years experience in both mainstream and special needs education, across key stages 1-5.

Martyn’s main areas of specialism are: SEMH, ASC, ADHD, Nurture practice, and addressing challenging behaviour.

He has substantial experience of writing individualised programmes and reports , designed to support the development of learners’ resilience, coping skills, independence and self-awareness.

Martyn is also well-versed in the development of assessment and tracking tools for SEMH and SEN students. As part of this process, he writes and collates comprehensive reports containing strategies to support schools in the successful re-integration of students experiencing challenge.

He worked alongside head teachers and SENDCOs, borough-wide, in his role as the Secondary Outreach Lead Teacher. Martyn is responsible for creating the framework, processes and documentation which drove the Council Reintegration Service and he managed and directed the service on a day-to-day basis.

Martyn is a qualified Nurture Practitioner and was a driving force in a team, that gained the prestigious Nurturing Schools Award for their school.

Martyn also led the day-to-day management of a specialist college, in the North East of England, catering for 16-25 year-old learners with Autism.

He has worked as both SENDCO and deputy SENDCO. He has regularly provided supportive and inspirational training for a variety of schools and organisations.

Martyn is a professional writer and has extensive experience of writing SEND resources and training materials.

Liz began her teaching career, over 25 years ago, in primary education, after graduating from Liverpool with a BEd (hons) in Education with Literature and Communication.

Liz is a highly experienced, skilled teacher with a proven track record of engaging a wide cross-section of students, both in mainstream and SEND settings, ranging in age from pre-school to young adults. She has vast experience of working in a variety of educational settings (including mainstream, Secondary Pupil Referral Units, alternative education schemes, pre-school playgroups and youth clubs)

Liz prides herself in identifying and removing barriers to learning and developing not only young peoples’ academic skills but their social emotional and mental health, well-being and self-esteem. She is experienced in creating safe environments, conducive to learning.

As a primary teacher for 17 years (predominantly year 6) and later, a member of the SLT, Liz was able to identify, understand and support the issues and anxieties often faced by students transitioning to different classes, key stages and educational settings.

Liz was also instrumental in establishing and developing the inclusion team and associated policies within the school.

This interest in SEMH led Liz to work in a Pupil Referral Unit for over 6 years, where she was a Nurture Teacher to small cohorts of KS3 learners, who were at risk of exclusion. She qualified as a Nurture Practitioner and is an advocate of the importance of Nurture based support.

Working closely with the Outreach Team, Liz provided invaluable assessments and detailed, comprehensive reporting documents, containing bespoke strategies to support young people with SEMH and challenging behaviour.