— GLIDE IN SCHOOLS
Help students settle, and get back to learning.
Glide is for all students, and in particular those with additional needs. Short, multisensory sessions that help a student settle their attention and return to the lesson.
— WHY IT MATTERS
Attention is where learning starts. Before a student can read, take part or feel steady, they first have to settle and attend, and for some that is the hardest part of the day. The good news is that attention isn't fixed. Like any skill, it can be built, and a few minutes to settle can be the difference between a student accessing the day and missing it.
It starts with being able to settle.
— WHAT GLIDE DOES IN A SCHOOL
Any student can use Glide to settle and refocus: a short, calming session on an ordinary iPad, done on their own with staff alongside, before going back to the lesson. It helps whether a student is settling into the school day, steadying heightened emotions, or simply taking a moment before returning to class.
For a student who becomes dysregulated, the same session does more important work, helping them regulate and rejoin a lesson they might otherwise lose. Here Glide works as assistive technology: it mitigates a barrier to learning rather than treating a condition.
A few minutes to settle, and refocus.
— HOW IT WORKS IN PRACTICE
Glide sits in the spaces schools already use to support students: inclusion and pastoral provision, calm and sensory spaces. Staff run the sessions themselves, with no special setup and little or no reading required. A session takes a few minutes, so a student can reset without long time away from class. Some students begin reaching for it themselves, before things escalate. What starts as support for those who need it most tends to find a wider use across the school.
Staff-led, and easy to fold in.
— EASY TO SET UP
Runs offline on school iPads.
Glide runs offline on a standard school iPad, with little to set up. Headphones are recommended, so the spatial audio can do its part. For a student who needs a more physical way in, it also works with a standard controller, a hands-on, haptic option where it helps.
— A DIFFERENT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY
Concern about always-on technology and young people is real, and schools are rethinking how devices are used. Glide is built for that. Nothing social, nothing to scroll, a short and finite session. A student can use it alone, or with an adult alongside: staff in school, a parent at home. A few minutes to settle and train attention, then back to the day. It works within a school's safeguarding policies, and in line with the Children's Code.
A tool, not a distraction.
— IN THEIR WORDS
"The spirit of true collaboration throughout this process has been refreshing, and it is wonderful to partner with people from the tech world who are committed to using technology for good."
Karim Marsaoui — Deputy Principal and Designated Safeguarding Lead, The Netherhall School"I was genuinely surprised by how quickly many of them have been able to regulate themselves and return to learning. It hasn't just benefited one particular group of students; we've found it effective in a wide range of situations, whether a pupil needs support settling into the school day, managing heightened emotions, or simply taking a moment to refocus before returning to class."
Marc White — Behaviour Support and Lead Intervention Manager, The Netherhall School