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Putting psychology at the heart of learning

We offer a wide range of educational psychology services for schools, educational settings, and parents in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and neighbouring counties. Our team of thirteen Educational Psychologists provides advice and training to schools, other educational settings and parents of children and young people aged 0 to 25 on how to help children who are struggling at preschool, school or college

Now taking orders from educational settings for academic year 2025/26

Current availability for parent commissioned work: Cambridgeshire and North Oxfordshire

“Hattie absolutely loved working with Sharon, she came home buzzing that day and said what fun it was”

Emma, Parent

Annual School Contracts

Annual contracts run over the academic year. Orders are taken during the Summer term, ready for the work to begin in September. Any number of units can be purchased and will be delivered over the academic year. Delivery of annual contracts takes priority over mid year ad hoc work.

The educational psychologist is flexible regarding how the units purchased can be used. This can include work with individual pupils, training for school staff or parents, group consultation, and staff supervision.

School Ad Hoc Requests

Schools are welcome to contact P4L to request individual pieces of work / ad hoc work throughout the academic year. However, we will need to check educational psychologist availability before accepting the order as work on annual contracts takes priority.

Training

P4L is able to deliver bespoke training on school site or via Microsoft Teams. Training can be for school staff or parents. Further details can be found on the training page.

There are a wide range of training topics, recent examples include managing anxiety, attachment theory, Calming Cat and Calming Kittens introduction, dyslexia and literacy difficulties, executive functioning.

“… Williams reading has really improved …. He’s beginning to really enjoy reading now, which is incredible”

Gemma, Parent

Learning Difficulties

Educational psychologists work with children and young people aged 0 to 25 years who are struggling in school. There are many reasons why a child may be struggling, here are a few examples:

Diagnosed or suspected autism

Diagnosed or suspected ADHD / ADD

Anxiety or mental health concerns

Maths and / or literacy difficulties, including suspected or diagnosed dyslexia

Emotional regulation

Physical disabilities

“Thank you so much, your advice and assessment regarding Ryan’s needs, it was all accurate and has helped Ryan reach this far!”

Eve, parent

Our Educational Psychologists

Psychology4Learning is committed to providing a high quality educational psychology service; seeking to continually improve so that we can ensure the best possible outcomes for children and young people. All of our educational psychologists have many years experience working in the education sector, and have worked as educational psychologists within local government.

Our educational psychology services are fully customised to the needs of the school.

  • Health and Care Profession Council (HCPC) – all psychologists are registered with HCPC

  • Code of conduct and ethical guidelines – we adhere to the British Psychological Society guidelines

  • Enhanced DBS – all psychologists have enhanced DBS checks

  • Private insurance – all our psychologists are fully insured to work privately

Parents can commission work from Psychology4Learning directly, though we only have limited availability for this type of work. When contacting P4L regarding our availability, please be aware that the educational psychologists work term time only as the assessments are normally conducted on school site. We would have to identify educational psychologists within driving distance of the school, and then check their availability.

Private educational psychology reports can be submitted as evidence when applying for an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). The psychological advice within the final EHCP is written by the Local Authority, a private educational psychology report can be used by the Local Authority to inform their advice within the EHCP.

Free Resources

Links to other websites that contain useful information regarding learning difficulties, SEND, interventions, EHCPs etc.

Products developed by Psychology4Learning educational psychologists

Calming Cat

Calming Cat

Mental health and wellbeing programme – helps children to talk about their feelings as well as offering coping strategies

Calming Kittens

Calming Kittens

For early years and KS1 – helps children to identify and talk about their feelings, thoughts and behaviours

The Tree of Me

Tree of Me

Self-Esteem whole class activity set – A hard-wearing classroom display, sticker pack and teacher’s guide

Thrive in Five

Thrive in 5

Social, emotional and communication skills – Four packs of 20 cards, short and easy to do activities for Foundation, KS1 and KS2

Visit the ‘P4L Shop’ for more resources