We have recently been inspected by Ofsted in relation to our work with adopted children and young people, and we are delighted to have been judged Outstanding. We are incredibly proud of our dedicated, knowledgeable and compassionate therapists, and will continue to offer the same level of support to all the families we work with.
The full report will be published on the Ofsted website within the next few days, and you can also read it here:
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Annual Report 2025
by Jenny Reid •
We have finalised our annual report for the year ending July 2025.
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Annual report 2024
by Jenny Reid •
We have now finalised our Annual Report for the year 2023-2024.
Guest post, Therapy Thoughts
A Young Person’s Experience of Art Therapy
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One of the young people who we have supported asked us to share his experience of Art Therapy and how it has helped him.
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Annual Report 2023
by Jenny Reid •
We have now finalised our Annual Report for the year 2022-2023.
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Ofsted Inspection Reports
by Jenny Reid •
Our work as an Adoption Support Agency was inspected by Ofsted in July 2022, and their reports have now been published. We we delighted to be given a judgement of Good, which we feel reflects the expertise, flexibility and commitment which our therapists offer to adopted children and young people and their families. The full report is published on the Ofsted website and can also be downloaded here, along with a child-friendly summary.
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Annual Report 2022
by Jenny Reid •
We held our annual review meeting on 30th of March and have now finalised our Annual Report for 2021-2. This is the first annual report since 2019 due to Covid-related disruptions, so it reflects some significant changes in our service.
Guest posts
Social Communication webinar
by Jenny Reid •
Sarah, our specialist Speech, Language and Communication Therapist, presented at last week’s South Yorkshire Autism Fayre, and we were able to record part of her webinar. Here she is talking about how she works with children and young people to help them to feel more confident about communicating with other people.
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Child Led Play podcast
by Jenny Reid •
I had a lovely chat about child-led play with Carla from ‘MyBump2Baby’ as part of their Expert Podcast series. Click to listen to my reflections on the importance of play throughout childhood, as a Play Therapist and as a parent.
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Evaluation Report
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A couple of weeks ago, we took ourselves away from the centre for a Business Development Day. This was enormously productive and felt like a real celebration of our centre and everything we have worked to establish, as well as an opportunity to review our services and plan for the future.
Out of this discussion we have produced our first Annual Report, which summarises the feedback we have received from children and families as well as our plans for the coming year. You can read it here: