the NEST

Nurturing Empathy & Self-esteem Together

—You’re already enough

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the NEST (Nurturing Empathy and Self-esteem Together) is a new alternative provision based in Dee Space in Reading
We will be taking secondary-aged (Key stage 3 and 4) learners from September 2025
We will support learners in their development of Functional Skills (English, maths, IT, science) as well as life, self-care, creative, enterprise and community skills
We want to create a learning environment together with young people
We are particularly keen to welcome neuro-divergent and other SEN learners and learners who have experienced bullying.

If you are interested in a place for a young person, please contact us: contactus@thenest-ed.uk

They taught me a lot about self-discovery and how to approach things with an open, objective mind.

—Previous learner at FE level

I was not expecting, just how many life skills I would learn, how much I would grow as an individual, and how much I would look up to Joy and Aoife. They are both role models.

—Previous learner at FE level

Communication, calmness and confidence have improved considerably.

—Caregiver of previous learner (U16 long term out of school)