Brightview Farm

21/05/2026

We have supported lots of children and young people with EBSA at the farm 🥰

We are supporting more and more families whose children are struggling to attend school due to anxiety.

Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) is not about behaviour or choice - it is a sign that a child is struggling and needs understanding and support. Too often families are met with pressure around attendance, rather than support around the underlying needs.

There are rights, there are duties, and there are ways forward - even when things feel really difficult.

24/04/2026

Meet these two cuties, Marmite and Cupid, the bottle fed lambs. They are proving to be very popular! 💙❤️ 🐑

29/03/2026

Chicken naming has commenced….Dotty, Jet, Velvet, Vivienne, Fluffy, Cerenzio and Lucy Loud and Red…. 🐓

17/03/2026

Does everyone get excited by new chickens or is it just us?! 😂😂 🐓 🐓

08/03/2026

To celebrate International Women’s Day, here’s some of the inspirational women who work at the farm. I’m sure you’ll agree they’re all amazing! 🥰

04/03/2026

A day at Brightview Farm doesn’t start with a bell

It starts with space to settle, time to breathe, and a calm routine that helps children feel safe.

A typical session might include:
🌱 Caring for animals
🌱 Practical, hands-on activities
🌱 Structured outdoor tasks
🌱 Breaks when needed
🌱 Supportive conversations with trusted adults

There’s no rush. No pressure to perform.

Just steady guidance, structure, and encouragement.

For many young people, this slower, nurturing pace is where confidence begins to grow again.

Sometimes the environment makes all the difference. 🌱

24/02/2026

What is an alternative provision education farm?

An alternative provision education farm offers children and young people a different way to learn — one that moves beyond traditional classrooms and into a practical, supportive outdoor environment.

At Brightview Farm, learning happens through:
🌱 Caring for animals
🌱 Practical, hands-on activities
🌱 Structured routines in a calm setting
🌱 Building confidence and emotional wellbeing
🌱 Developing life and employability skills

Alternative provision isn’t about lowering expectations.

It’s about changing the environment so children can succeed.

For some young people, that change makes all the difference. 🌱

19/02/2026

🌱 The Impact – Who Brightview Farm Helps

Brightview Farm supports children and young people who haven’t found their place in traditional education.

We work with those who may be:
• Struggling with anxiety, regulation, or confidence
• Living with special educational needs or disabilities
• Feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood, or disengaged
• At risk of exclusion or already outside mainstream education

What changes isn’t just how they learn — it’s how they feel.

At Brightview Farm, children are given:
🌱 Space to feel safe
🌱 Time to rebuild trust and confidence
🌱 Support that meets them where they are
🌱 Opportunities to reconnect with learning, others, and themselves

For some, the outcome is re-integration back into education.

For others, it’s moving forward into society with greater resilience, self-belief, and hope.

This is the impact of alternative education done with care.

This is what Brightview Farm exists to create. 🌱

17/02/2026

🌱 Kate’s Story

Brightview Farm began with lived experience.

For Kate Foxton, this isn’t just a project — it’s personal. As a parent of a child with complex special educational needs, Kate has seen first-hand how challenging the education system can be for children who don’t fit the standard school model.

Brightview Farm was created to offer something different: a charity-based alternative education provision focused on giving children and young people a positive, supportive experience — helping them rebuild confidence and move forward.

Kate is Brightview Farm’s Farm Manager and CEO. She is a fully qualified Veterinary Surgeon, with additional training in SEND, safeguarding, children’s mental health, first aid, health & safety, and food hygiene — alongside invaluable lived experience.

This is Kate’s vision.
And it’s the heart of Brightview Farm. 🌱

31/12/2025

Is your New Year’s Resolution to help others? If so we might just have the opportunity for you!

Brightview Farm – Trustee Opportunity

Help shape a charity that actually changes lives, not just policies.

Brightview Farm isn’t a typical education charity. It’s a place where young people with Special Educational Needs find safety, purpose and a way back into themselves through animals, land, meaningful work, and steady adult relationships.

We’re growing — in impact, ambition and responsibility — and we’re looking for new Trustees who want to use their expertise where it genuinely matters.

Why Join Us?

As a Trustee, you’ll play a key role in guiding a charity that blends education, care and nature-based practice to help young people build confidence, skills and independence. You’ll be joining a Board that believes in doing things properly: thoughtful governance, trauma-informed practice, and a deeply human approach to learning.

You’ll help us:

Set a clear, values-driven strategic direction

Support a passionate CEO and a team working at the sharp end of SEN provision

Strengthen and expand our high-quality Alternative Provision offer

Ensure the environment remains safe, nurturing, and genuinely transformative

Bring your insight, curiosity, judgement and lived experience into conversations that shape the future of the farm and the young people we serve

Who We’d Love to Have Around the Table

You don’t need to be an expert in everything — nobody is. But experience in any of the following would be a real asset:

SEN, education, youth work or social care

Mental health, behaviour support, occupational therapy

Horticulture, farming, land management or animal care

Safeguarding, charity governance, fundraising, finance or communications

What Matters Most

A grounded commitment to inclusion and person-centred practice

An understanding — or willingness to learn — about the realities faced by young people with SEN and their families

Integrity, humility, and good judgement

The ability to both challenge and support in equal measure

A belief that diverse voices make better decisions

If you want your time and expertise to directly support young people who deserve better than the system often gives them, we’d love to talk.

Get in touch for an informal conversation.

E-mail: [email protected]

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Charity-based alternative provision services in Stebbing, Essex