Winta's Place was founded by a single mum who has parented a child with a severe cognitive delay and brain injury for 16 years. It exists because — after searching the world from Bali to Australia, the UK, USA, Mexico, Spain and South Africa — we could never find one place that held all the pieces of the puzzle.
My daughter is extremely verbal, social and active. For years she has been switched between places, people, schools, carers and health providers — and my life was hijacked trying to hold it all together. Frustrated, exhausted and bewildered as to why we could never get it right, living on the edge of society with a child who was lonely and desperate for a community — we finally created her own place.
Now, in her late teens, we are opening Winta's Place so that other children and families can have everything under one roof — the school, the therapy, the carers, the community, the nutrition, the nature — the things she always dreamt of, working together for the first time.
Every issue we hit as a family looking for the right school in Bali, Australia, the UK, USA, Mexico, Spain and South Africa — and how Winta's Place answers each one, under one roof.
Mainstream schools can't meet neurodiverse needs — children fall behind, become anxious or start refusing school.
A small specialist school built for neurodiverse learners from day one — with the right pace, ratio and sensory environment.
Special needs schools are often designed for severe disability — verbal, social, active kids don't fit.
Winta's Place is designed for the children in the middle — verbal, curious, capable, but not thriving in mainstream.
Therapy, education and care all live in different places, with different providers, different notes, and no shared plan.
Everything under one roof — school, therapy, care, nutrition, community — with one coordinated plan and one parent app.
Parents spend years chasing referrals, appointments and paperwork — and burning out.
We coordinate the referrals, the notes, the appointments and the follow-through — so you can go back to being a parent.
The cost of piecing it all together (school + therapies + carers + tutors) is exorbitant.
One transparent term fee that includes the core programme — no hidden extras, no paying five providers.
12 weeks of school holidays a year is impossible for families of children who need routine.
Only 5 weeks of full closure a year — plus themed School Holiday Programs and respite care.
Neurodiverse children are often lonely — they want friends but struggle to make them.
A small, consistent community of peers, staff and families who genuinely know your child.
Parents and siblings are often forgotten in the system.
Parent groups, sibling support, respite care and boarding — the whole family is held.
Progress is invisible — parents rarely know what their child actually did today, or how they're really tracking.
A live parent app with daily notes, photos, ILP progress and therapy updates.
Diet and gut health are ignored — even though food dramatically affects behaviour, focus and regulation.
Fresh, whole food cooked on site — gut-health aware, allergy conscious.
Movement is treated as an extra — even though many neurodiverse kids can't learn without it.
Movement is woven into every day — regulation first, academics second.
Families are told what their child can't do. Rarely what they can.
A strengths-based approach — we build on curiosity, passion projects and confidence.
There's nowhere safe to leave your child overnight — parents have not had a full night's sleep or a weekend off in years.
Respite care and boarding with our live-in special needs carers — trusted, consistent, and part of your child's world.
Therapy is fragmented — the OT, speech therapist and psychologist have never actually spoken to each other.
One coordinated therapy team who work together, share notes, and pull toward the same goals for your child.
Fifteen pieces of the puzzle — school, therapy, care, respite, holidays, community and family support — under one roof in Ubud, coordinated by one team, tracked in one app. Click any block to explore that area in detail.
A small, specialist school day designed around each child — not a mainstream classroom retrofitted.
Every child has their own ILP — reviewed regularly with parents, teachers and therapists.
One place to see progress, therapy notes, photos, ILP updates and daily communication.
Special needs teachers and assistants who genuinely love this work — not filling a role.
Academics, movement, nutrition, therapy, nature and community woven into every day.
Core academics, life skills, AI & technology, passion projects, arts, culture and more.
Bali gives us rice fields, jungle, ocean and waterfalls — used as a real learning environment.
Daily movement built in — regulation, strength, coordination and joy.
Yoga, meditation, mindfulness, therapies, nature and daily nutrition — because a regulated body and calm nervous system make real learning possible.
Wrap-around hours so parents aren't juggling — breakfast club, after-school and homework support.
Overnight and weekend options with our live-in special needs carers — so families can rest, too.
Only 5 weeks of full closure a year — because families of neurodiverse kids need continuity, not 12 weeks off.
Speech, OT, counselling, natural medicine and medical team referrals — coordinated by us.
A collective of children, teens and families who finally feel like they belong somewhere.
Because you have been carrying this alone for long enough — real support for the whole family.
Mainstream schools are too big, too fast and too loud. Severe-needs settings are designed for children with much higher care requirements. In between sits a huge group of verbal, curious, social, capable children and teenagers — autistic, ADHD, AuDHD, dyslexic, anxious, school-refusing, developmentally delayed — with nowhere that actually fits.
Mainstream school + private tutors + separate therapy clinics + separate carers + separate holiday programmes + parents doing all the coordination.
Nothing is joined up. The teacher doesn't talk to the OT. The tutor doesn't know about the anxiety. The carer doesn't know today's goal. Parents burn out coordinating a team that isn't really a team — and children lose the thread of their own progress.
One place. One team. One plan. School, therapy, care, nutrition, community and family support — coordinated by people who actually know your child.
A Program Director with a degree in child psychology and years of special-needs teaching experience, skilled special-needs teachers and assistants, a social worker, occupational therapist, on-site chef, live-in carers, an adventure & movement team, and a full holistic therapy team — all under one roof.
A single mum of a teenage daughter with severe cognitive delay and brain injury. 16 years of lived experience across Bali, Australia, UK, USA, Mexico, Spain and South Africa. She holds no operational role — Winta's Place is the place she always searched for, brought to life for other families.
Oversees the full program across school, care, therapy coordination and family support. A degree in child psychology paired with years of hands-on special-needs teaching experience — the person who holds the ILP, the timetable and the team together so nothing about your child falls between the cracks. (Full name and bio being added ahead of our 2026 opening.)
Skilled, passionate special education teachers and classroom assistants — trained in individualised learning, sensory regulation and neurodiverse pedagogy.
Dedicated social worker supporting children, siblings and parents — including advocacy, coordination and family wellbeing.
In-house OT working across sensory processing, motor skills, emotional regulation and daily-living independence.
On-site chef preparing fresh, whole meals — gut-health focused, allergy aware, sensory conscious.
Consistent, trusted carers offering overnight respite and boarding for families who need rest and continuity.
Movement, hiking, swimming, yoga and adventure specialists — because regulation and joy come before academics.
Speech therapy, counselling, natural medicine and coordinated medical referrals — all under one roof.
Individual team photos and full bios are being added as we onboard for 2026.
Where your child is finally known, held and taught the way they actually learn — and where the whole family can exhale.
To hold neurodiverse children, teens and their families with everything they need — under one roof, coordinated by one team, so no family walks this road alone again.
A world where every neurodiverse child has a place that fits — where they can learn, be known, make friends and grow into confident, capable young adults.
To end the exhausting, expensive, lonely journey of piecing together support alone — and replace it with one connected community in Bali.
Everything we build has been tested on the hardest days of a real parent's life.
We hold the parents, the siblings and the child — not just the diagnosis.
Honest about who we're right for, what we cost, and how your child is really tracking.
The body regulates before the brain can learn. We start there, every day.
One place, one team, one plan — instead of five providers pulling in five directions.
A collective community — not a franchise. We choose families as much as they choose us.
Winta's Place is starting small and intimate — a chosen collective of like-minded parents, children and teens who will help shape the ethos as we grow. Founding families are onboarding right now for our 2026 opening in Ubud, Bali.
The full picture lives across a few connected pages. Start wherever's most useful for your family — Programs, Pricing, Family Support or Admissions.
The children and teens Winta's Place is designed for.
ExploreThe curriculum, therapy and daily rhythm.
ExploreSchool, care, respite, holidays and boarding.
ExploreSupport for parents, siblings and the whole family.
ExploreTransparent term fees — everything in one place.
ExploreHow founding families join for 2026.
ExploreIf any of this sounds like your family — we'd love to meet you. A conversation on WhatsApp is the easiest way to start.
