Redesigning education for neurodivergent children and the families who love them.

Every family deserves an education path that works for them. We work with children who've switched off from learning, through one-to-one and group tutoring, flexi-schooling and home education. Our evidence-informed Connect-Ed Method draws on emotional regulation, cognitive development and play to help children find their desire to learn again.

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We Believe in Children

Not in fixing them or managing their behaviour, but in recognising their capacity to grow when the right conditions are in place.

Roots & Wings was built on a simple observation: traditional education isn't built around how neurodivergent children learn. A one-size-fits-all pace, constant testing, rigid classroom routines. These work well enough for some children. For others, they slowly chip away at confidence, until anxiety and disengagement take its place.

We think education can be designed more intelligently. The Connect-Ed Method puts managing emotions, emotional development and feeling safe with the people around them at the centre of learning, not as add-ons but as the foundation everything else is built on.

Because when a child feels calm, understood and genuinely engaged, progress starts to hold. It stops being a battle. That is the work.

Your Four-Step Journey

A clear, pressure-free path to finding the right support for your child.

First, we help them feel safe

Nothing sinks in while a child feels anxious or on edge. So we start by helping yours feel calm, settled and genuinely at ease with us — because a relaxed child is a child who's ready to take things in.

Then we build their belief

So many children have quietly decided they're "no good" at something. We gently rebuild that, growing the confidence and self-belief that makes a child want to have a go, even at the things they've found hard before.

Now the real learning grows

With a settled, willing child, teaching finally does what it's meant to. We build the skills — maths, phonics, reading, thinking, problem-solving — through the ways children learn best, at a pace that's theirs and never forced.

And it stays with them

Because it's rooted in something deeper than pressure and repetition, the change tends to last. Children don't just catch up, they carry a new relationship with learning into everything they do next.

Book a free consultation call and kick-start your child's educational journey now.

Chat with our team and find out more about how Roots & Wings Tutoring can help your child and the whole family.

Our Services

After-school tutoring

Your child doesn’t need more pressure. They need someone who gets them.

We use the Connect-Ed Method to help your child re-engage with learning, rebuild confidence and make real academic progress. Every session is tailored to your child’s pace, learning profile and how they’re feeling that day.

Investment: £320 per month

Coaching

One-to-one support for the child behind the schoolwork.

Confidence, anxiety, focus, self-belief. Coaching gives your child dedicated time to build the emotional skills that make learning possible. Grounded in the Connect-Ed Method, every session meets your child where they are and grows with them.

Investment: £1,200 for 12 weeks of support

Homeschool and flexi-school

A complete education, built entirely around your child.

Whether you’re home educating full-time, flexi-schooling, or supporting a child who’s recently left school, we build a bespoke programme around your child. Academic structure and emotional safety, together.

Investment: £1,920 per month for 6 hours of tutoring a week

Explore Our Programmes

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Hear more from Roots & Wings on these podcasts.

The Female CEO™ Podcast

Connection Before Correction, with Ally Boyes-Varley

Ally joins host Mark Sephton to talk about the Connect-Ed Method and her own experience growing up with dyslexia and ADHD.

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Gina Gardiner & Friends

Featured guest episode

A conversation on personal empowerment and transformational leadership, exploring what helps children — and the adults around them — thrive.

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Rooted

Featured guest episode

Frank conversations with educators and changemakers, sharing ideas and hard-won lessons for building a better future for children.

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Our Tutors Have:

Experience

11+ years of qualified teaching experience and have enhanced DBS-checks.

S.E.N.D Training

Experience with children who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Adaptive Teaching

Been trained in adaptive teaching interventions for specific learning difficulties (SpLDs).

Playful Approach

Been trained in the Harvard Pedagogy of Play and Lego Foundation play-based approach.

Testimonials

Here’s what parents and educators have to say.

I found Roots & Wings when searching for neuro-affirming tutors for my 10 year old AuDHD son who had been out of education for several years. I interviewed multiple tutors and only after speaking with Ally & Sarah did I really feel as though I had found people who understood what we were looking for. They understood when I said the traditional/stereotypical techniques used in SEN/mainstream schools wouldn't work for my son, and when they first met him they listened to his interests and tailored this to him perfectly. He was immediately engaged and interested in what they had to say. He is now engaging in learning which we were told wouldn't be possible and had flatly refused to do with previous tutors. Splitting the work between two tutors has worked well for us — even Sarah's guinea pigs have been helping! Who knew all it would take would be a pair of guinea pigs to sit on his lap to motivate him to write a book. Ally has been great in showing Wyatt how to manage his emotions and using games as an opportunity to learn. Sarah's performative and enthusiastic nature has helped steer Wyatt back on track when his ADHD is squirrelling away. We are really pleased with how the last 4 months is going and can't wait to see what they achieve with him.

Hayley

Google Review

We are so grateful to Ally and everyone at Roots and Wings for the incredible support they have given Billy. After experiencing significant school trauma, he had completely lost trust in learning, but Ally immediately understood that emotional safety had to come first. Her calm, patient and relationship-based approach helped Billy begin to rebuild his confidence, engage with learning again and experience success without pressure. What impressed us most was how deeply Ally understood Billy's needs. She saw beyond his anxiety and recognised his strengths, adapting every session to suit him as an individual. Her report perfectly captured both his challenges and his potential, and we wouldn't hesitate to recommend Roots and Wings to any family looking for a compassionate, trauma-informed approach to supporting their child.