‘What matters to the learner’ 

Personalised Learning

At Landon School, we believe that what matters to the learner – Sissons, M. (2018), must be fundamental when planning for our learners.

Our curriculum is based on a deep understanding of what the individual learner needs are.

Within the context of an underlying approach, all pupils are planned for and taught at Landon School in a highly personalised way, using developmental Personalised Learning Plans (PLPs) facilitated through an environmental context established by individual Engagement Profiles.

Personalised Learning Plans

Each child at Landon School experiences developmental challenges in a different way.

We adopt a highly personalized approach to planning and teaching, utilizing developmental Personalised Learning Plans (PLPs). These plans are carefully designed to integrate and align with various educational, therapeutic, and curriculum documents.

Each Personalized Learning Plan (PLP) is directly linked to the student’s Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP), ensuring a cohesive connection that aligns their education with their individual aspirations.

Engagement Profile

Each learner attending Landon School, has an Engagement Profile that aims to provide comfort, security, stimulation and motivation in any situation (Imray, Kossyvaki and Sissons, 2024).

This document offers a live picture of a learner’s engagement and motivators, serving as the first step towards a genuinely individualized planning process.

Qualitative recordings of pupil engagement in all areas of the Engagement Model (Standards & Testing Agency 2020) are made regularly on the Engagement Profiles and used to build up a picture of how developed each of these is for each pupil.

“Without engagement, there is no deep learning, effective teaching, meaningful outcome, real attainment or quality progress” 

(Carpenter, B. 2010)

A Therapeutical Approach

Speech & Language

Speech and language therapy empowers autistic learners to improve their communication abilities, fostering meaningful connections and reducing frustration.

Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy, on the other hand, aids in enhancing their fine and gross motor skills, sensory processing, and self-regulation, enabling them to participate more effectively in daily routines and activities.