About School2U
How we work
Relationship first.
We start where the young person actually is.
Education continues.
Learning is adapted around need, stamina and circumstances without lowering expectations.
Family matters.
Parents and carers are part of the plan, not left outside it.
Accountability stays clear.
The commissioning school receives written information on attendance, engagement and progress.
Progress has a destination.
Every placement works towards a return, transition or next stage.
Our team
School2U brings together qualified teachers, experienced tutors and mentors, a SEND specialist qualified to Level 7, and professionals with expertise across education, safeguarding and family support. Our leadership board includes a former Ofsted inspector, bringing extensive experience of education quality, standards and accountability. Across the team, professional expertise, specialist knowledge and lived experience shape how we support young people and families. All staff working directly with young people are enhanced DBS checked and safer recruited.
Leadership
Gloria Dalafu
Founder
Gloria is a qualified teacher with twenty years of experience in education.Her roles have included Mathematics Teacher, Lead Practitioner in Mathematics and Head of Year with safeguarding responsibility.
She founded School2U after years of working with young people whose education had become difficult to access through a standard timetable or setting. She continues to work directly with young people and families.
Qualifications and professional background
Qualified Teacher Status
MA Education, University of Buckingham
PGCE Mathematics, London South Bank University
BSc (Hons) Computer Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Enhanced DBS
Experience
Twenty years in education.
Lead Practitioner in Mathematics.
Mathematics teacher and curriculum specialist.
Head of Year, with safeguarding responsibility.
Published in the TES, Teach Secondary and on LinkedIn.
Invited to 10 Downing Street in November 2024 in recognition of her contribution to education.
Our Vision
A UK education system where no child becomes invisible. We are building a flexible, trauma-informed learning ecosystem that adapts to the learner, restores access to education early, and reduces the pipeline into exclusion and NEET.
Our Mission
Remove the barriers that keep disengaged pupils from learning. School2U delivers personalised, safeguarding-led provision and whole-family support so pupils can re-engage, rebuild confidence and return to education with dignity — not blame.
Our Values
Equity by Design
Every pupil deserves access to education, regardless of circumstance. We design provision that adapts to the learner, not the other way around.
Whole-Child Outcomes
Wellbeing, confidence and belonging matter as much as qualifications. We measure what matters.
Personalisation with Power
Bespoke doesn't mean vague. Every timetable is purposeful, evidence-led and built for progression.
Partnership That Holds the Line
We work alongside schools, families and professionals — with honesty, accountability and mutual respect.
What schools receive weekly
School2U was founded by Gloria Dalafu, a UK educator with two decades of experience supporting pupils with complex needs, attendance challenges and SEND.
For Gloria, education was not just a qualification. It was the difference between being limited by circumstance and being able to choose a future. It opened doors that were not designed to open easily, and it proved that talent exists everywhere — even when opportunity does not.
Over years in schools, she saw the same truth repeated: many pupils do not fail loudly. They disappear quietly. They remain on roll, sometimes even physically present, but emotionally and practically absent from learning. Too often, support arrives only when disengagement becomes crisis.
School2U exists to change that. We provide calm, safeguarding-led provision that restores routine, confidence and learning stamina early, with a clear route back into education or progression. This is not tutoring. It is preventative education infrastructure for pupils who are slipping through the cracks.