the NEST

the NEST (Nurturing Empathy and Self-esteem Together) is a new alternative provision based in Dee Space in Reading

• We take secondary-aged (Key stage 3 and 4) learners from September 2025
• We 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 learners, learners with disabilities and other SEN and learners who have experienced bullying.

If you are interested in a place for a young person, please contact us: contactus@thenest-ed.uk or on 0118 449 2762

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