As the UK marks Mental Health Awareness Week [11 -17 May], Avantis Education, creators of ClassVR, the world’s leading virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) solution designed exclusively for education, has launched EduverseTHRIVE – a purpose-built wellbeing and inclusion solution designed to support sensory regulation, emotional readiness, and inclusive learning in mainstream classrooms across London.

Avantis Education, which earlier this month won a prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise 2026 for Innovation, is encouraging London schools to help students feel calm, confident and ready to learn by adopting its new practical, inclusive education solution.

In 2025, the National Association of Head Teachers revealed 98% of school leaders report lacking the resources to meet the needs of their SEND pupils. Traditional sensory rooms – often costing between £5,000 and £15,000 – remain out of reach for many schools due to space constraints or affordability, leaving teachers without immediate, in-class tools to support regulation and inclusion.

Powered by ClassVR, currently used by 58 schools across London and by more than two million students worldwide, EduverseTHRIVE empowers students to manage their own sensory needs through fully interactive, customisable VR sensory rooms. By allowing learners to personalise their environment – adjusting lighting, soundscapes, and animation intensity – they can calm and reset in minutes. This allows them to return to learning with minimal intervention.

“Today’s education system demands that all classrooms become inclusive, yet the infrastructure to support this strategy hasn’t kept pace,” explains Gillian Rhodes, Chief Marketing Officer, Avantis Education. “With EduverseTHRIVE, we are mainstreaming inclusivity by putting a sensory room in the palm of a teacher’s hand. It’s not about replacing specialist provision, but about giving every student the ability to self-regulate and return to learning without leaving the room.”

EduverseTHRIVE enables schools to create inclusive classrooms that support every student in the way they learn best, ensuring that inclusive education is not just a checkbox for compliance, but a meaningful practice that supports better outcomes for learners across London.

London schools can discover more about EduverseTHRIVE, and access the free resource packs here: https://www.classvr.com/eduverse-thrive/