Testimonials

Its been pleasere working with Vicky this year - she is so thorough and staff have found it really helpful having Vicky in for discussions. - Emily (SENCO), Pudsey 29.06.26

I just wanted to feedback on how valuable and lovely it has been working with Rachael. I can't thank her enough for all her help and support; the children have made so much progress and I know the TAs all really valued and appreciated Rachael's help and guidance. I also really appreciated all the help, guidance and many email responses; Rachael has really helped me to improve my own knowledge and confidence and her flexibility and positivity was brilliant. - Tamsen (SENCO), Otley 21.04.26

I want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you, Julie, for all the amazing work and dedication you've shown toward Adam's development. Your support has made a real difference, and we're truly grateful. - Shanny, Adel 23.07.25

Away with Words have worked with us at MAT and Wath Central Primary School to change the mindset of how to effectively use the brilliance of a Speech and Language Therapist. Lauren offers a holistic approach that supports the whole school to understand what strategies are best for the young people in the school community. Lauren prioritises getting to know staff, the young people and their families so that she becomes part of the school's community and embeds the ethos and values. - Cheryl (Strategic Lead for SEND and Inclusion), JMAT, Rotherham 29.06.25

Helen has been excellent in her role at Greenside—always so positive and responsive to the needs of the pupils, meeting with parents, delivering training, and offering valuable advice. - Emily (SENDCo), Pudsey 16.06.25

We have been trying something new this Spring, collecting feedback from SENDCOs and parents anonymously using Google Forms. Here are some of the comments we have received about our service...

Lis was so thorough with her updates - these really helped in carrying on with helping to correct the sounds post sessions - so detailed and useful. Not a stone unturned - very professional.

Amazing communication and went above and beyond to answer any questions and make sure I fully understood what the things to work on at home and that I could reach out at any time.

The session notes for the SENCO and class teacher are so valuable. Particularly like to identified focus and follow up "short burst" games and activities - this means it is realistic and able to fit into the school day.

Lauren has provided amazing speech and language support to the children in my class. All of them have made great progress due to the detailed report and the effective targets she gives them. She has provided extra training to staff and checks in on the children at each visit. The resources she provides are engaging and effective to help the children move on with their targets. I just want to thank her for all her support this year.

We really appreciate the fact that Ellie writes her reports the same day that she sees the children in school. They are comprehensively written, tailored to the child and targets are made clear with all the necessary resources sent alongside the reports.

Excellent communication, flexibility, timely report writing and follow up.

Exceptional service throughout the process, from referral, assessment to support/advice and follow up tasks. Lis continually reviews and is always aware of the child's view/perception of the work. ThIs means the pace and activities are bespoke and "just right" for that moment in time. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending.

Lauren gets to know the children well and offers practical, achievable solutions to supporting them in class. She is understanding of the pressures on class teachers and works alongside them to find ways to support children. She writes exceptionally well worded reports that really encapsulate the children's needs.

Rachael (who visits fortnightly) has been fantastic at communicating with myself, teaching assistants and parents. She always makes sure everyone has access to the recommended materials and clearly communicates how they can be used. She regularly models sessions for teaching assistants so they can replicate them in class with individuals. After each session with a child, she will update me on any targets and resources. We have regular 'catch ups' to make sure we are both on the same page with who she is working with and she gives regular updates through these and via email. She is always very clear with her explanations and really has helped my school's understanding on how to deliver SALT interventions. All staff who have communicated with and worked with Rachael have all said how useful her sessions have been and how much it has helped their confidence. She is always more than willing to offer advice and has been an excellent point of contact to give her expertise and advice. She is always available to email and offers to meet with and model sessions for parents as well. She has also relayed information to the NHS when children have received support through the SSD team which has helped their support run smoothly. I really cannot thank her enough!

Ellie is a recent addition to our cluster and we are so pleased with her. She took the time to get to know our school and our needs. We discussed resources and the most recent reports have been extremely comprehensive and useful.

A wonderful fun and engaging speech therapy experience for my son. He loves each session and is incredibly sad that he’s been discharged. Our therapist is patient, kind and super supportive. She’s always smiling and will praise our son over and over. The help and advice given to us as parents on what we can do to support or son has also been superb. It’s hard as a parent not being able to do anything to help your child. But our therapist always sent us resources and advice on ideas and games that we can do every day.
We will miss you Lis. Thank you for everything.

Lauren is very approachable and supportive - I love that she will share any resource and clearly just wants to help in any way she can.

I can not recommend enough. When we first started using Away with words we felt deflated and lost. We didn’t know how to help our child and he was becoming more and more frustrated from not being understood and not being able to express himself. With Lis from away with words help we have built his confidence and ours, to help him express himself and talk. Lis was a friend to our child and us, she didn’t make it feel like work for him. Away with words have given us so many techniques, skills and strategies to be able to help our son be heard and talk. He is now talking, making friends and thriving. Away with words help you learn how to help your child and in manageable day to day amount and that fit in with daily life too.
Thank you for all your support and help!

The training and quality of resources we have received from Lauren are always of the highest standard.

I have been incredibly impressed from start to finish from the initial assessment right through. My son was highly engaged in Lis’s sessions and his speech went from muddled and confused to absolutely clear. Lis used a variety of techniques to help my son and after each session provided detailed comments to help us continue with different sounds each week. Lis is highly professional and very thorough and she has really helped my son to speak with confidence and so clear. So much so he is now taking part in his first external poetry competition something that he couldn’t have done without Lis’s fabulous input. Thanks Lis.

The SLT is extremely knowledgeable and we have a great working relationship, resulting in good progress for pupils, capacity building of staff's expertise and high parent satisfaction. The reports written have been detailed with appropriate SMART targets. They are written in such a way that they can be understood by staff and parents. The are sent to school in a timely manner. The ability for parents to directly contact the SLT or join the sessions in school has also been beneficial.

Lauren is incredibly knowledgeable and offers reliable support. She has also ensured that she has asked us about the exact support we require and tailored her whole school training accordingly.

Rachael's sessions with the children have been brilliant and she has been absolutely fantastic; she has really helped the children to meet their goals and make brilliant progress. The children all love working with her and are excited to go to their sessions. She makes them feel secure and confident and has really built relationships with them. Her support to myself and other staff has been amazing and really helped develop our confidence when delivering SALT sessions based on her recommendations. The modelling of sessions for teaching assistants has been especially useful and she has been great at communicating with parents to support them as well. The resources and any updated targets are received the same day and sent to parents and teaching assistants as well which really helps support the children. She is always available for questions and advice which is really appreciated. Thank you Rachael!

Out of 23 schools asked, 23 would recommend our service to another school.

We aim to continuously gather feedback to allow us to improve our services.

(All feedback gathered May & June 2025)

All the staff at school would like to thank Lauren for putting on the speech and language training last week. All the staff were inspired and all day have been talking about how good it was. So much so, that we have already put several measures in place for lots of children will be starting to implement group interventions next week. Thank you for the ongoing support.

. - Julie (Head Teacher), Doncaster 25.04.25

I would just like to thank your company for the outstanding service we have received this year.
The assessment, advice and support that Helen has given this year has been greatly beneficial to myself, teachers and children in our school. - Caroline (Deputy Headteacher), Pudsey 03.07.24

I can't speak highly enough of Lis and the work she has done with Emily. It truly is remarkable progress Lis made with Emily in a short space of time. Thank you. - Tom, York 11.04.24

Lis's help, support and communication has been absolutely phenomenal. Emily's speech and sentencing is coming on so much. I honestly fear where we'd be without her. Emily struggles so much but has been trying so hard and it's all thanks to Lis.

. - Charlotte, Wilberfoss 28.09.23

Our daughter Bella really enjoyed the speech sessions with Fiona. Since starting school, Bella has been making such efforts to pronounce her words clearly, the improvement is very noticeable. Bella loved Fiona, who was so skillful; Bella didn’t know she was having speech therapy and thought Fiona had just come to play. Thanks for all your help.

. - Annie, Ilkley 20.09.23

Our son has been having speech therapy on a weekly and then fortnightly basis with Lis since October 2022. Lis is a wonderful person and our son absolutely loves the sessions with her - he is looking forward to seeing her all week. We have seen such improvements in our son's speech and we are so grateful for all of Lis' amazing work. Lis provides fantastic resources which we can use at home. We can highly recommend Away with Words!. - Annabell, York 21.07.23

Lauren, thanks so much for all your work with our students over the last few months. It's been really valuable having you come in and also getting to observe how you work. The resources you have provided are great and will be really useful going forward. There has been lots of lovely student feedback too. - Abbie (SEN Assistant), Horsforth 04.07.23

My son has been having speech therapy monthly with Lis since November 2022.
The improvement we have seen has been incredible. Lis has been compassionate, thoughtful, understanding, supportive and nothing is ever too much.
I have not only seen a difference in my son’s speech but it has helped his confidence. Completely life changing.
Working with Lis has been so beneficial to both myself and my husband also, Lis has given us different tools and methods to help our son communicate, we are so thankful that we used Away With Words. - Danielle, Selby 04.07.23

Dear Lauren, thanks so much for everything you and the team have done for Ben. So much of the progress he has made has been down to your care and professionalism. We can't thank you enough. - Simon, Horsforth 28.11.22

The therapy provided to my son over the last three months has been invaluable. Sam has gone from having signifucant difficulties with pronunciation and lots of frustration to, on the whole, being able to make himself understood all of the time. The differece in his confidence is amazing to see and a huge relief to us as parents. Thank you so much Lauren for the time you have spent and your expertise, we are so grateful. - Hannah, Horsforth 06.11.22

The (Early Communication Development) training we attended in June was very informative with lots of strategies that we can add to our practice. It has enhanced our knowledge around communication development for the chldren we work with. Thank you. - Kim (Nursery Manager), Burley in Wharfedale 25.07.22

We all really enjoyed the Early Communication Development training provided by Lauren. It was useful and interesting and lots of relevant information and advice was shared. It was pitched at the right level in terms of our prior knowledge and experience. The delivery was great - made up of interactive and engaging activities, small group work and a group discussion. Thank you. - Vida (Nursery Manager), Bramhope 12.07.22

We are incredibly fortunate to have been working with Lis for the past 15 months. She provides excellent, clearly structured 1:1 sessions for our son, previously at home but now in his school setting. She has taken the time to model activities and give advice and support to the school staff. Without her invaluable support and expertise, our son would not have made the tremendous progress with his speech that we have seen this past year. His personalised plan is updated regularly and Lis often sends ideas for activities to do at home with him, which is hugely beneficial. We look forward to continuing to work with Lis and Away with Words to support our son with his SALT. Thank you for the amazing service you provide! - Saffron (Parent), York 11.07.22

Karen's speech and language work continues to go from strength to strength. The extra days that we have commissioned with our catch-up funding has been very successful and Karen has worked with parents to ensure programmes of work are getting completed at home as well as in school. We are very happy with the service. - Sally (Head Teacher), Guiseley 02.06.22

Lauren - Your work with us over the past year is a major step forward in provision. It is extremely helpful to have your professional input in terms of assessment, reports, programmes and training. - Peter (Head Teacher), Farsley 29.05.22

Helen - Thank you so much for your really detailed and very useful reports and the numerous resources. It means we can get started straight away with supporting our pupils. It is like a breath of fresh air and so supportive. - Linsey (SENCo), Pudsey 12.11.21

Helen - Thank you so much for the work and reports you provided for school. It is so clear that you took the time to get to know each child, their strengths and their needs and we really appreicate you taking the time to provide the service. - Rebecca (SENCo), Farsley 28.10.21

Lauren - may I take the opportunity to thank you and in particular Jo for your fantastic support of our daughter. Jo was wonderful and so helpful to both Ellie and us. The speech therapy approach was really good and has helped us all enormously. With your support we have now decided also to explore art therapy as a therapeutic approach. Thank you again for all you have done. - Sue (parent), Harrogate 27.04.20

We are very pleased with the level of service provided. Nicola has been warm, friendly and professional at all times. She has also been a great help to me in my role as SENCo around funding and planning for staff CPD needs. Her work has been fantastic in all areas and we are very happy with everything. - Mr Beech (SENDCo), Yeadon 29.11.19

The service our school receives from Away With Words is the best that I have experienced from any provider. You work efficiently, professionally and use initiative, and are such a strong resource for problem solving discussions for key cases. This is all so essential for a busy class-based SENDCo. More importantly however, you have an excellent rapport with all children and so they show their best. You manage the caseload well identifying school priorities quickly and supporting infinitely. Your impact data and accountability is strong and this is key in securing future funding. I believe that our reduction of SEMH cases moving into KS2 is certainly in part due to the current EYFS support from Away With Words, and this would be an interesting line of inquiry for future research. I will certainly be recommending your service to colleagues. You set the bar for what schools can expect from traded SALT support. Thank you for being amazing! - Miss Tosh (SENDCo), South Leeds 05.07.19

All schools in the cluster agreed that we have had a fantastic service once again from Away with words and that the schools and more importantly a large number of students have benefited hugely from Lis' work. - Mr Temple (Cluster Inclusion Manager), Otley 29.06.19

Keeley - you really have been amazing to work with. Thank you so much for all your invaluable advice, help, strategies and resources. - Ms Hager (Child Support Assistant), Thurgoland 26.06.19

We are so pleased with the work Nicola has done with Rowan. Identifying a highly unusual speech problem, she managed to correct it in just over 6 months, during weekly one-to-one sessions at school. Nicola is highly professional, calm, patient and kind. She gently and expertly built up a relationship with Rowan to enable him to identify and correct his speech issue with no loss to his self-esteem. As a result, he really enjoyed his sessions and made great progress, even opening up about some problems he was having in the playground, which Nicola shared with us so we could address them. We now have a very happy, confident, lovely little boy who can now speak fluently and is making fantastic progress at school. It has been such a pleasure and a relief to see his progress. Thank you so much Nicola, you have gone over and beyond and really made all the difference to our son. - Kathryn, Rawdon 11.06.19

Just wanted to say thank you for your help and support this term. We are convinced it has had a big impact. - Mr McClure (Headteacher), Barnsley 26.03.19

Thank you very much for all your help with Crew. He has improved loads and really doing well at school. He is so much better in himself and his communication skills. A big thank you to Jo, she has done a great job. We will ask for your help again if we feel at any stage in the future Crew needs more help and support. - Wendy, Castleford 14.01.19

We just want to say how impressed we are with the work Lis has done so far. We found the consultations we had very useful, informative and she very quickly identified what needed to be done. She also understood our students and how to work with them. Reports have already been sent to us a day later, very thorough and exactly what was asked for. We are looking forward to working with her in the long term. - Natalie (Special Educational Needs Coordinator), grammar school Otley 05.11.18

Thank you so much for everything you have done for Jozi during her time at primary school. She really has grown loads! You have done a brilliant job. - Diane, Yeadon 26.07.18

To Mrs Green, wow! What a difference a year makes. Sam has progressed so well this year, it's staggering really. Thank you so much for all your hard work and patience, we're so lucky to have you and the rest of the team. - Lucy & Sam, Yeadon 25.07.18

Lauren, thank you for all your input with Storm. Her speech has improved so much! - Alison & Mick, Yeadon 24.07.18

Thank you for all the amazing work you do at school. I don't know what we would do without you - you make such a big difference to the children. - Lucy (SENCO), Leeds 23.07.18

Thank you again Lauren for everything you did for Joshua. he has done amazing and that is down to all your hard work. Thanks again. - Emma & Karl, Yeadon 23.07.18

We're really pleased with Hayley's sessions so far and amazed at the progress Ellie has made already! Thank you. - Rosie, Poppleton 08.05.18

Commissioning Away With Words to provide an independent service for our school has worked well this year and we really feel that with Jemma's input we are on top of speech and language needs in school. - Dawn, Head Teacher, Yeadon 26.04.18

As a school we fully appreciate Lauren's skill and professionalism. Her suppport has had a very positive impact on the children she has worked with. - Sandra, Early Years Lead, Otley 20.04.18

We can't believe how much progress Cody has made through the speech therapy he has received at school. He's like a different little boy - so much more confident and we can undestand every word he says. - Donna, Yeadon 06.03.18

Lots of people are beginning to comment on how Imogen's speech has come on since she began therapy in January. Thank you for all that you are doing. - Jemma, Bradford 04.03.18

Jemma has been absolutely fantastic, we’re really pleased with the progress our twin boys have made with her support and guidance, it’s something that not only we’ve noticed but their school and other family members have too.. - Rebecca, Apperley Bridge 11.01.18

Jenny provides an excellent service, exactly what we hoped, very helpful & informative on how to support our son. - Vicky, Leeds 31.10.17

Since working with Away With Words, speech and languag therapy has really made a differece to the children in our school. The work and individual programmes Lauren provided for us were excellent and really helped move the children forward. Thank you for all your hard word and dedication to the cluster and our school. - Julia, primary school SENCO, Otley 06.09.17

We're really happy with the service being provided by Away With Words and already noticing great improvements since referring Cameron in March. He's really enjoying the sessions and looks forward to seeing Jemma - she makes him feel at ease with it all and he's really showing awareness and effort to improve. - Rebecca, Bradford 25.07.17

We are so pleased with Seb's progress. The change in him is amazing. He's flourished into a little chatterbox! His expressive language is really good now and we are continuing to work on his speech sounds. Jo as always is great with him, he looks forward to his sessions. - Anna, Sheffield 01.03.17

Thank you so much for all the work that has been carried out so far. I cannot overstate how much your work is helping us to put the correct provision in place for our children. On behalf of all the staff, children and parents I can't thank you enough! - Primary School SENCO, Otley 27.02.17

We are very happy with Abdul's development since the speech sessions started, we as parents have learned a lot as well, so thank you and please keep it up.- Zaid, Leeds 21.02.17

We are so pleased with the ongoing support from Jo - Crew is really improving. Thanks for all you are doing.- Wendy, Castleford 10.01.17

Lauren, we just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work and the guidance you have given us in Sam's first year at school. His progress has been amazing and we know that your input has been a huge part of this. Thank you - Sam, Linda, Sean & Matthew, Yeadon 26.08.16

Thank you so much for everything you have done for Annabel this year. Your support has been invaluable - everything you have put in place has been so beneficial for us all as a family. Thank you thank you thank you! - Charlotte, Bradford 25.07.16

Thank you for all your advice and support with our foundation stage children. We have learnt so much from you and we will keep up your good work! You will be very much missed! - Foundation Stage staff, primary school, Bradford

Thank you so much for all your hard work and support you have given Joshua this year. The difference in him is amazing, we're so proud of him and we are so grateful to you. - Emma, Yeadon 21.07.16

Thanks for all your hard work and support at school this year. It is great having you as part of the team and the children you have worked with have made so much progress. Have a great summer, We will see you in September for more fun and games! - Inclusion Manager, primary school, Leeds 20.07.16

The impact you have had on Euan has been beyond what we could ever have imagined. Through both yours and Euan's hard work the transformation in Euan has been both miraculous and rapid. Euan's speech is now very clear and he can be understood by everyone. This has had a massive impact on his everyday life - his confidence has iomproved, he has excelled at school and in the last year his reading and writing skills have expotentially improved. Euan will now speak readily and interact with other children and adults. We atribute much of this success to the work you have done with Euan. Family and friends have remarked on the progress he has made in the last 12 months. Euan really enjoyed attending therapy sessions - he had lots of fun and will certainly miss you. We will be forever grateful. - Gareth & Melissa, Morley 18.03.16

Thank you for helping me with my speech. It has come on so much since you helped. - Sophie (age 4), Guiseley 17.12.15

Thank you for all your help with Ella's speech this year. She has really come on a long way with your support. - Lauren, Guiseley 17.07.15

Thank you for all your support during year one. Ruby would not be where she is now without you and would be struggling a lot more than she is. - Emma, Barnsley 15.07.15

Our daughter is currently receiving weekly speech therapy after we contacted Away With Words in February. We couldn't be happier with the service we are receiving - it is making a huge difference to Katy's speech and lots of people, her teachers included, have commented on the improvement. We are very grateful for the ongoing therapy sessions, advice and support. - Emma, Leeds 20.05.15

Professional, effiecient, thorough. Fantastic dynamic with our son. Very pleased with the service. - Stuart, Gildersome 07.03.15

After his first assessment, Lauren provided four therapy sessions for my son. We were given clear and detailed advice and practical activities were demonstrated for us to continue. Lauren also contacted my son's school to talk through advice and sent resources to enable them to mirror what we are doing at home. The four sessions have given us the confidence to support my son's speech development. We have seen progress week on week and we know we can contact Lauren for further support at any stage. The service we have received has been prompt, reliable and always delivered with a smile! We can and will highly recommend Away With Words. - Kate, Horsforth 09.02.15

Lauren provides advice to help me understand and support my daughter's stammering. I no longer feel anxious about Sophie's stammer, and know what to do to help her when her stammer is at its worst, and when to get in touch for more support. I would highly recommend getting in touch with Away With Words if you are concerned about your child's speech, I'm certainly glad we did. Thank you. - Niamh, Wetherby 03.11.14

The support my son received throughout his diagnosis of ASD and the setting up of his PECS communication system following the diagnosis has made all the difference to us and I really don't know where we would be without Lauren. Thank you. - Anne, Leeds 02.11.14

We would just like to say a huge 'thank you' to you for all the help you gave Oliver to improve his speech. At parents evening Oliver's teacher said a few months of therapy had made a dramatic difference to his speech, not to mention his confidence. We were extremely proud when, as part of his class assembly, Oliver stood up, projected his voice right to the back of the room and every single word was pronounced perfectly! - Mrs Wilson, Barnsley 10.10.14

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