Meet the Need Ltd
           Meet the Need Ltd

 

 

 

 

Meet the Need's impassioned mission is to support schools to be authentically inclusive, where needs are identified and met, and where whole school well-being is seen as the foundation to future success. My goal is to reduce exclusion by enabling schools to strategically and effectively support children and young people with SEN.

 

I work alongside schools to develop effective practice through a multi-layered, systemic, and preemptive approach. I aim to help schools to:

  • develop whole school thinking;
  • encourage the engagement of whole communities;
  • support professional learning and staff development;
  • implement effective interventions as well as adapt the wider curriculum where necessary;
  • develop supportive policies;
  • connect appropriately with approaches to behaviour management
  • implement targeted responses and identify specialist pathways.

 

Experience

I have worked with children and young people with social, emotional, and mental health difficulties and associated behavioural difficulties throughout my career with a proven track record of outstanding practice. I have resided in a variety of roles and settings, including:

  • SEMH 7-16 residential care
  • Inner London primary SEMH teaching;
  • Mainstream schools in Australia, South Africa, and the UK;
  • Infant mainstream
  • Secondary SEMH
  • member of the DfE working party developing the current SEN Code of Practice

As well as in a large primary mainstream school in the role of:

  • SENCO
  • Nurture Lead
  • Enhanced provision lead
  • Operational group panel member for Gedling Area Primary Partnership (SEMH)
  • Outreach Support for the local area

 

First trained in 1999

Intermediate Trainer since 2010 


Former Regional Coordinator (South East) 2016-2020

 

 

 

Endorsements 

 

Kat is an outstanding practitioner, judged consistently by myself, senior staff, visiting inspectors and HMI. Her incredibly diligent, intelligent approach based on the study of research, theory combined with her own experiences means that the Nurture settings she has developed and leads are second to none. Kat has also facilitated training for other schools and consultancy groups such as Osiris. Feedback is always superb. Her sense of care, calm, firm love and generosity of self when supporting staff and some of our most vulnerable pupils and families is phenomenal, a truly inspirational individual whom I have been lucky to learn from and laugh with.

Sharon Gray O.B.E

 

HMI said it's the greatest transformation he's seen in SEND provision for a long time. Thank you for the brilliant work you do to support my colleagues in the Trust.  You are BRILLIANT. Thank you 

Trystan Williams - Venturers Trust

 

Thanks again lovely amazing people! You were so awesome feedback is already super positive!

Toni Bailey - Chair 'engage in their future'

national association for school leaders in the

 SEMH sector

 

We couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you so much for all the support this year. Thanks!!!

Kirsteen Craig - Principal - The Kingfisher School, Bristol

 

Conferences and workshops 

Legal

Registered Address:

TaxAssist Accountants – Haywards Heath
113 South Road
Haywards Heath
RH16 4LR

 

Registered in England and Wales. Registered Number 9740485

Recent associate work

King Solomon High School

Kapow Primary

Youth Justice Board

Embark Federation

A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement.

She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!”

The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied, “Well, I made a difference to that one!”

The old man looked at the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had done and said. Inspired, he joined the little girl in throwing starfish back into the sea. Soon others joined, and all the starfish were saved.

— Adapted from 'The Star Thrower' by Loren C. Eiseley

 

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