Marcus, Year 10 — from on-call to on-track

Every story starts somewhere — a referral, a conversation, a kid the school had nearly given up on. This is one of those.

Pupil-focused boxing intervention, weekly. Each session paired physical work — stance, footwork, combinations — with a coach-led cool-down and a five-minute reflection. By session three, the rhythm was set.

Numbers don't tell the whole story — but they tell enough of it. The full impact lives in the conversations the SEND team is now having with this young person, instead of the conversations they used to dread.