Our (secondary) school has one of these and I guess I took it for granted but I didn;t realise until recently that only 4% of schools have one. There was a great programme on Ch4 Dispatches and how nurture groups have drastically cut exclusion rates.
We have it for our most vulnerable students, particularly Y7 who might find the transition from primary to high very hard. They spend 1-2 hours every morning in our SEN building in a comfy room with a kitchenette and they drink tea, make toast for one another and sit at the kitchen table learning how to chat properly, hold conversations and generally socialise. They also get themselves organised for the day nd maybe do some homework after tea and toast.
It really is fab but it makes me a bit sad that their homes don't offer all of these things that we take for granted in our own homes .