The Connect Centre is Kingsley's purpose-built specialist learning environment — a calm, student-led space where children with a range of learning differences can grow in confidence and truly thrive.
Talk to UsThe Connect Centre unites the trusted expertise and ethos of the former Edgehill and Grenville Centres in one thoughtfully designed space. It provides a calm, student-led setting where children with a range of learning differences can grow in confidence and thrive.
Supporting students aged 7 to 16, the centre caters to those with Specific Learning Difficulties including dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia, Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADD and ADHD, Global Developmental Delay, pragmatic and semantic language difficulties, and other individual learning profiles, often supported by an EHCP.
Class sizes are small, the environment is intentionally low-distraction, nurturing and safe — designed to meet each child where they are and help them move forward with confidence.
Specific Learning Difficulties including dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia — supported through targeted, tailored teaching.
Autism Spectrum Disorder — bespoke provision in a calm, structured environment with specialist staff and a consistent, predictable routine.
Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHD — managed through structured support, movement breaks and a curriculum shaped around each student's needs.
Global Developmental Delay — progress measured from each student's own unique starting point, with high expectations and patient, expert support.
Pragmatic and semantic language difficulties supported by our onsite SALT team and structured social communication opportunities.
For students with an Education, Health and Care Plan, we offer bespoke provision built directly around their stated needs and outcomes.
Our approach is rooted in three things: meeting every child's academic needs through tailored, targeted learning; developing social and communication skills through structured and supported interaction; and supporting emotional regulation and wellbeing in a calm, consistent environment.
Where appropriate, students may access mainstream lessons within the Prep or Senior School and are supported to integrate both socially and academically, at a pace and level that suits them.
The timetable builds in opportunities for life skills, local community engagement, and outdoor learning, with a strong emphasis on wellbeing, environmentalism, and sustainability.
We use a five-week graduated transition so children can settle securely. We agree the pace with you and check in regularly — there is no rush, and no fixed timeline. Every child is different, and we plan accordingly.
Before your child starts, we offer school tours, as many taster visits as needed, introductions to teachers and classmates, and a detailed handover of all relevant information from previous settings.
Talk to Our Admissions TeamEvery family gets a personal conversation with our admissions team. No forms first — just a chat about what your child needs, and whether Kingsley is the right place for them.