Player Ready:Gaming for SEN and SEMH Support & Development
For children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs — including anxiety, autism, ADHD, trauma or school refusal — gaming can be a bridge to learning, confidence, and connection.
At Player Ready, we use structured gaming environments and trained mentors to help learners:
- 🔵 Build confidence and communication through collaborative play
- 🔵 Improve emotional regulation via supportive, goal-focused activities
- 🔵 Re-engage with learning and creativity in a safe, low-pressure setting
- 🔵 Reduce school-related anxiety with familiar games and trusted routines
- 🔵 Develop social skills and experience positive peer interaction
Whether online or in one of our immersive venues, every session is designed to support emotional wellbeing, cognitive growth, and personal empowerment.
Our SEN & SEMH Programmes
- ✅ 1:1 Mentoring in Minecraft, Roblox, VR, and more
- ✅ Group Clubs with gentle social goals and sensory-aware design
- ✅ Post-16 Pathways for learners with EHCPs or alternative provision plans
- ✅ Curriculum Integration with optional AQA certification and EHCP-aligned targets
Our staff are experienced in working with autistic, ADHD, PDA, and neurodivergent learners, and use trauma-informed practice to support children with complex SEMH profiles.
Who We Help
- 🧠 Children and teens with diagnosed or undiagnosed SEN
- 💬 Learners with EHCPs, SEMH diagnoses, or social difficulties
- 🎮 EOTAS, school refusers, and learners struggling in mainstream education
Why It Works
Gaming creates a low-anxiety environment where young people can:
- 🎯 Achieve small wins that build motivation
- 👂 Be heard and guided without pressure
- 🛠 Learn practical skills in digital creativity
- 🤝 Build trust with supportive mentors
Start Their Journey Today
- Book a Discovery Session online or in venue
- View Our Curriculum – from game design to virtual engineering
- See Our Local Authority Approvals
Player Ready is a trusted Alternative Provision provider helping young people with SEN and SEMH needs thrive through structured, creative, and emotionally safe gaming environments. Let’s unlock their potential — one session at a time.
📧 Contact Us
We work with families across England, including: Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Barnsley, Bath and North East Somerset, Bedford, Bexley, Birmingham, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Bournemouth, Bracknell Forest, Bradford, Brent, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Bromley, Buckinghamshire, Bury, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire, Camden, Central Bedfordshire, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, City of London, Cornwall, County Durham, Coventry, Croydon, Cumberland, Darlington, Derby, Derbyshire, Devon, Doncaster, Dorset, Dudley, Ealing, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Enfield, Essex, Gateshead, Gloucestershire, Greenwich, Hackney, Halton, Hammersmith and Fulham, Hampshire, Haringey, Harrow, Hartlepool, Havering, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Isle of Wight, Isles of Scilly, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Kent, Kingston upon Hull, Kingston upon Thames, Kirklees, Knowsley, Lambeth, Lancashire, Leeds, Leicester, Leicestershire, Lewisham, Lincolnshire, Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Medway, Merton, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newham, Norfolk, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, North Northamptonshire, North Somerset, North Tyneside, North Yorkshire, Northampton, Northumberland, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Oldham, Oxfordshire, Peterborough, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Reading, Redbridge, Redcar and Cleveland, Richmond upon Thames, Rochdale, Rotherham, Rutland, Salford, Sandwell, Sefton, Sheffield, Shropshire, Slough, Solihull, Somerset, South Gloucestershire, South Tyneside, Southampton, Southend-on-Sea, Southwark, St Helens, Staffordshire, Stockport, Stockton-on-Tees, Stoke-on-Trent, Suffolk, Sunderland, Surrey, Sutton, Swindon, Tameside, Telford and Wrekin, Thurrock, Torbay, Tower Hamlets, Trafford, Truro, Taunton, Wakefield, Walsall, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Warrington, Warwickshire, West Berkshire, West Northamptonshire, West Sussex, Westminster, Wigan, Wiltshire, Windsor and Maidenhead, Wirral, Wokingham, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire, York… and many more.