Our Story
Built by people
who lived it
WeaveONE wasn't designed in a boardroom. It was built by two Directors who are both SEND parents and both technologists — who fought for every provision, and knew exactly what was possible.
Ciera
Archie
Harry
WEAVEONE LIMITED · Company No. 17111255
Meet the Founders
Tom O'Rourke
Co-Founder & Director
Software engineer and AI architect. 30+ years building enterprise platforms, most recently Director of SaaS Engineering at VMware. SEND parent. IPSEA Level 1, Level 2 & Level 3 Certified in SEND Law. The reason WeaveONE exists.
Read Tom's story ↓
Tom Fisher
Co-Founder & Director
Product builder and SEND advocate. Passionate about creating tools that help neurodivergent families navigate EHCP, DLA, and the wider SEND landscape.
Read Tom's story ↓Ciera's Story
The reason WeaveONE exists
My daughter Ciera is autistic. She was diagnosed with autism, ADHD, and ARFID. Her diagnosis came in Year 9 — late, like so many girls who mask. She developed severe anxiety and a phobia of school after lockdown. She couldn't go back. There was a lengthy hospital stay. Years in the CAMHS system. Meetings where professionals talked about her, not to her.
With an EHCP, Ciera moved to NESCOT in Surrey — their specialist 14-16 provision with a 1:1 SEND worker. She went through various therapies — but what actually helped was being amongst animals. She stayed at NESCOT for three years with a 1:1 teacher, graduating with distinction in animal management, despite never being able to cope in a traditional classroom.
She became a reptile specialist, handling every species and discovering a gift for helping nervous customers connect with animals. That experience became the foundation for everything that followed. Read her inspiring story here — so many of her customers can relate.
In July 2025, Ciera launched Pets on the Green — her own animal-assisted therapy practice in Warlingham, Surrey. She's getting fully booked each day, running 4-5 sessions daily. She's 19, AAT-qualified, enhanced DBS checked, licensed by Tandridge Council, and she cares for over 40 animals. And she is helping so many kids, many going through the EHCP process.
The Problem
What we saw from the inside
As Ciera's dad, I sat through every meeting, chased every report, and fought for every provision. I saw how the EHCP process punishes parents who don't know the system — and how even the parents who do know it are drowning in paperwork, jargon, and statutory deadlines that nobody explains.
When Ciera started her own practice, I saw the other side too. Therapists spending their evenings writing reports instead of being with their families. Schools buried under spreadsheets tracking provisions nobody can find. Parents getting update letters that say nothing. Everyone working hard — but nothing joined up.
The system isn't broken because people don't care. It's broken because the tools don't exist.
What We Built
Tools for the people who actually do the work
For Parents
Pathway guides you through the EHCP process step by step. It writes the letters, tracks the deadlines, and builds the evidence pack that gets your child the support they need.
For Therapists
Session recording, AI-powered reports, EHCP target tracking, and a parent portal — so you spend your time with children, not writing up notes at midnight.
For Schools
Progress checks, provision tracking, EHCP section management, and termly review packs — everything a SENCO needs in one place, not scattered across 15 spreadsheets.
Tom O'Rourke
Co-Founder & Director
About Tom O'Rourke
Software engineer, AI architect, and now Co-Founder of WeaveONE. I spent over 30 years building enterprise platforms — most recently as Director of SaaS Engineering at VMware, leading a global team delivering mission-critical services for some of the world's largest organisations.
I hold IPSEA Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 professional certification in SEND law (the Independent Provider of Special Education Advice) — the same curriculum used to train local authority caseworkers, SENDIASS advisers, and SEND professionals across England. Level 2 covers the advanced curriculum: inclusion law, the duty to specify, annual reviews, transport, mediation, children's and adult social care law, health care provision, early years frameworks, and mental capacity. Level 3 is the expert practitioner qualification. Pathway's entire knowledge base has been built from and validated against this professional training.
Throughout my career I've guided products through the highest levels of security and compliance certification — the kind of rigour that governments and regulated industries depend on. I brought that same discipline to WeaveONE because your child's data deserves the same protection as any Fortune 500 company's.
But the reason WeaveONE exists isn't my CV. It's watching Ciera thrive and knowing that thousands of other families are still stuck in the system we escaped.
Tom Fisher
Co-Founder & Director
About Tom Fisher
Along with Tom O'Rourke, we have both been hard at work creating products to navigate the world of SEND, EHCP, and DLA support for neurodivergent families. Dive in, explore the features, share your experiences, and help us build the best possible platform, together! We're excited to have you as part of our journey.
Our Team
More than two founders
Behind the platform is a network of SEND professionals who advise on content accuracy, clinical rigour, and the daily realities families face. They don't write the code — they make sure what it produces is right.
SENDCOs & School Leads
Practising SENDCOs from mainstream and specialist settings review our school-facing tools, provision tracking, and EHCP section guidance — ensuring everything reflects the reality of how schools actually work with EHCPs.
CAMHS & Mental Health Advisors
Clinical insight from professionals working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services shapes how we handle SEMH needs, anxiety-related attendance issues, and the emotional wellbeing aspects of EHCP evidence.
Senior SEND Advisors
Experienced SEND advocates and former local authority officers with decades of casework — advising on tribunal strategy, legal accuracy, and the procedural detail that makes the difference between a strong case and a weak one.
Parents & Families
Every feature is tested and shaped by real SEND families going through the process right now. Their daily feedback — what works, what's confusing, what's missing — drives every update we ship.
Where It All Started
Pets on the Green
Pets on the Green is Ciera's animal-assisted therapy practice in Warlingham, Surrey. She runs private sessions, SEN and EHCP programmes, care home visits, and after-school clubs — all structured as low-arousal, no-pressure environments designed around what actually works for neurodiverse individuals.
WeaveONE was built here first. Every feature was tested in a real practice, with real children, real EHCPs, and real local authorities. It's not a product designed in a boardroom — it's a product that grew from the ground up, shaped by the daily reality of SEND work.
"Being autistic isn't my limitation. It's why I understand animals — and the people who need them — better than most." — Ciera
You're not alone in this
If you're a parent navigating the EHCP process, a therapist buried in paperwork, or a SENCO trying to keep it all together — we built this for you.
Pathway is free to start. No credit card. No sales call.