Tuition and coaching for school refusal, EBSA and home education
Flexible one-to-one tuition and coaching for children who are finding school hard to attend, learning at home, or on a reduced timetable. In person across North London and online.
Personalised education for children learning outside mainstream school.
- BSc Psychology (Hons)
- Qualified Teacher Status
- London Teacher of the Year Award 2021
- Psychological Researcher
- Former Assistant Psychologist
- 10+ years experience across Psychology and Education
- In person across North London and online worldwide
What this support can offer
Ruby provides flexible one-to-one tuition and coaching for children experiencing school attendance difficulties, including a child who is not currently managing to attend school consistently. Parents may describe these experiences as school anxiety, school avoidance or difficulty attending school. Where attendance difficulties are driven by emotional distress, the term emotionally based school avoidance, or EBSA, may be used. Attendance can become difficult for many connected reasons, including anxiety, sensory overwhelm, unmet learning needs, neurodivergence, difficult relationships or experiences, and periods of transition.
School attendance difficulties are rarely resolved by simply asking a child to try harder. Their behaviour may be communicating that something about school feels overwhelming, unsafe or unmanageable for them.
Ruby can provide flexible educational support so learning can continue, alongside coaching that helps the child understand what is making attendance or learning difficult and develop practical strategies around confidence, regulation and communication.
Ruby does not provide mental-health treatment or medical advice, and she cannot guarantee that a child will return to school. Where a learning difference is part of the picture, there is more on SEN and neurodivergent tuition.
When school isn't the right place, learning shouldn't stop.
There are many reasons why children learn outside a traditional classroom. Some families choose home education because it better suits their child's needs. Others are navigating school avoidance (EBSA), supporting a child with medical needs, or waiting for the right educational setting after leaving mainstream school.
Some children attend an online school, follow a reduced timetable, or access alternative provision while they rebuild confidence. Every journey is different.
Ruby’s role is not to replace school. Her role is to help children continue learning in a way that feels safe, personalised and meaningful.
For parents, there are two short guides: My child won't go to school, what can I do? and Home education, what should I teach and where do I start?.
Who this is for
- Children experiencing Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)
- Children struggling with school avoidance or anxiety around attending school
- Home educated children
- Children attending an online school
- Children learning through alternative provision
- Children on reduced timetables
- Children with medical needs affecting school attendance
- Families choosing flexi-schooling
How Ruby’s support works
- Flexible daytime sessions online across the UK or in person across North London
- Personalised education and coaching
- Support alongside home education programmes
- Support that complements an online school curriculum
- Confidence-building for children experiencing school avoidance
- Learning support during periods of alternative provision
- Continuity while children are awaiting placement
- Adaptations for children with medical needs
- Flexible scheduling around reduced timetables and flexi-schooling
What Ruby works towards
- A child who feels safe and settled enough to learn again
- Steady academic progress, whatever the setting looks like
- Confidence rebuilt at a pace that suits your child
- Structure and routine that fit around your family's arrangement
- A calmer, more hopeful experience of education for everyone at home
Frequently asked questions
Do you support children experiencing school avoidance?
Yes. Ruby works with children experiencing school avoidance and school anxiety, sometimes called EBSA or emotionally based school avoidance, helping them rebuild confidence while continuing to learn.
Do you work with home educated children?
Absolutely. Ruby provides personalised coaching and specialist education for home educating families across the UK.
Can you support children attending online school?
Yes. Sessions complement your child's online curriculum while supporting confidence, organisation and wellbeing.
Can you work with children on reduced timetables?
Yes. Ruby regularly supports children attending school part-time or following a reduced timetable.
Do you work with children in alternative provision?
Yes. Ruby’s sessions can sit alongside alternative provision to provide additional personalised learning and coaching.
Can you support children with medical needs?
Yes. Ruby works with children whose medical needs affect school attendance, providing flexible learning that adapts to their circumstances.
Do you support flexi-schooling?
Yes. Ruby can provide specialist coaching and education that fits around a flexi-schooling arrangement.
Talk it through with Ruby.
A free 15-minute discovery call, no pressure and no obligation.
Education-led tuition and coaching, not therapy or clinical treatment. If Ruby believes a child would benefit from clinical support, she will always say so.