Meet your trainer

Ellie Costello

Square Peg is a grassroots not-for-profit Community Interest Company that advocates for change in the education system.  

Established and led by those with lived experience of persistent absence and school attendance difficulties, we exist to raise awareness, inform, educate, provide insight and understanding, influence policy, culture and practice in and around barriers to school attendance and persistent absence.  We work with multi-disciplinary, cross-sector partners in academia and research; all stakeholders across education, health, social care and welfare, legislation and government; technology, innovation and design as well as advocacy, empowerment and campaigns.  

We are experienced strategic partners and champion co-production and courageous conversations.

We work alongside Not Fine In School (who represent the same families) and provide peer to peer support, information, advice and resources.  Now 5 years old, NFIS now has almost 40k members, rising at 1000-1200 membership requests pcm.