“Lapwing are the most fantastic service. Your staff are just amazing. You are so flexible and responsive at meeting L’s needs.”
Katie (post 16) during a visit to the Owl Sanctuary, Stonham Barns as part of her animal care course.
Nathan (year 6) at a care farm - part of his personal development programme.
Education
We deliver bespoke alternative education to young people aged 4 to 25 years old who are struggling to manage in a mainstream, PRU or special school/college placement. Given the breadth and range of our experience we work with a whole range of complex needs including (but not limited to) mainstream learning difficulties; social, emotional and mental health; and severe learning disabilities.
Our office is situated in Martlesham Heath, Suffolk but our staff work all across East Anglia with a whole range of young people in 1:1, 2:1 and small groups sometimes incorporating delivery partners and supported work experience depending on the focus of the individual student’s programme. We take a holistic approach to all our education programmes balancing both a young person's personal and academic development. Most importantly, all Lapwing Education programmes are designed with the student’s needs, interests and aspirations at the forefront, maximising engagement and outcomes.
Initial assessments
When students are referred to us, there is sometimes some uncertainty about their specific needs and what the appropriate next education placement or pathway should be. We have access to a broad range of specific diagnostic assessments covering emotional, behavioural, developmental capabilities as well as literacy, numeracy, receptive language, dyslexia and dyscalculia. This means that we are able to gauge a baseline for students and then develop the most appropriate programmes as well as advising families and funders on suitable future provision.
Therapeutic interventions
Lapwing take a holistic approach to education and all our students having personal and social development goals. Our programmes sometimes involve specific therapeutic interventions (for example integrative therapy, art therapy, neuro-linguistic programming, etc.) but almost all the work we do involves a therapeutic approach from our staff to enhance the young person’s personal, social and emotional development which is vital for them to be successful academically and in their personal lives. We use a number of tools such as the Thrive approach and Outcomes Star to develop individual action plans and measure student progress in terms of personal development.
Click on the links below to find out more about our education programmes:
Pre 16 programmes Post 16 programmes Education projects Parent / Carer Handbook
D, 18 years old, left Lapwing to join a mainstream Level 2 college course in September 2021 after two years working with us. He went from being stuck in his bedroom to fully accessing society and decided to create this board as a parting gift.