What we do
Find out more about the role we are taking as we strive to respond to the attendance crisis together
“We exist to ensure compassion and care are at the centre of every conversation around, about, for or with children, young people and their families.
We have extensive experience in the school attendance landscape, both personally and professionally. We understand the challenges children, young people and their families are facing today as they try to navigate education and surrounding systems to lead fulfilled lives.”
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Square Peg is a grassroots 'by and for' organisation specialising in school absence and attendance. We work strategically, in collaboration with our partner organisations and network, to represent families whose children struggle to attend, access or remain in education.
We curate conversations and catalyse collaborative, dynamic change, bringing together experts by experience and experts by profession, thinkers, innovators and pioneers.
Join us to champion what we do, receive updates, discover enhanced opportunities to participate in and support our lobbying, campaigning and change-making. If you are interested in courageous, inquiring conversations, continuous learning, co-creation and working together, join as a collaborator by signing up today!
Take a look at the impact we've had to date and the changemaking we've successfully delivered.
If you are an innovator in education, policy, practice, research, system or service delivery working to create meaningful change in your community, drop us a line.
Come and join our collaborative network who are finding Another Way. Together.”
Ellie Costello, Executive Director
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At Square Peg we believe that:
Every child and young person has the right to access an education that helps them flourish and grow to live full, equitable and empowered lives. No child or young person should be facing challenges or adversity alone.
Every child, young person and their family has the right to safe, accessible, affordable housing and transport, a vibrant and supportive community, to feel well, healthy, optimistic and positive about themselves and the opportunities ahead of them.
Every child, young person and their family has the right to live with dignity, agency and self-respect; to seek advice, support and care when they need it without fear or recrimination.
Square Peg is a unique, multi-disciplinary organisation working across education and allied services, research, academia, policy, practice, government, the third sector, technology, design and innovation.
We are proud of our grassroots community and partnership ethos built on participatory action principles of equity, inclusion, co-creation and intersectional, dynamic, connected thinking.
Through our campaigns, writing, research, advocacy, amplification of the voices we endeavour to represent, we connect people with common interests to effect change and deliver improvement for all. We catalyse conversations, develop solutions, and dare to dream of a brighter future for everyone.
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