An education provider is helping students re-engage with learning and achieve long-term success.
Nisai Learning, based in Watford and founded in 1996, delivers live, teacher-led online and hybrid education for students who face barriers to traditional schooling, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), medical conditions, or disrupted education.
The company supports learners across the UK through partnerships with more than 135 local authorities. Watford MP Matt Turmaine visited the provider’s Clarendon Road offices on October 9, where he met with founder and CEO Dhruv Patel.
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Mr Turmaine said: "The work they do is invaluable. Children in Hertfordshire have already benefitted from it. For those who previously had attendance issues and may have struggled even going to school, Nisai Learning increases attendance across the board. If you are not taught, then you don’t learn."
During the visit, Mr Turmaine also spoke with director Dai Patel and special advisor Dr Mehool Sanghrajka. Chief operating officer Victoria Reaney and Dr Charlotte Fearn, who is involved in Nisai’s research collaboration with the University of Staffordshire, joined the discussion online.
Conversation focused on improving educational access for young people who cannot be served by conventional classroom environments.
Nisai Learning combines live online teaching with personalised learning pathways and pastoral support, including mentoring. Its flexible model can be used to support short-term learners, prepare students for reintegration into school, or provide a longer-term route to qualifications and further education.
The company reports that 96 per cent of its learners successfully transition back into mainstream education, further studies, or employment.
For those with a history of attendance difficulties, average attendance rates have risen from 22 per cent to 78 per cent.
Dhruv Patel, founder and CEO of Nisai Learning, said: "Our discussion with Matt focused on a fundamental challenge: how do we ensure that children and young people who are struggling to access education get the support they need? At Nisai Learning, we've spent 30 years helping learners overcome barriers to education."
Following the visit, Mr Turmaine is writing to Georgia Gould OBE MP, Minister of State for School Standards, to raise concerns about barriers facing students in his constituency.
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