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Bespoke Education And Immersion Rooms Improve Life And Learning In Specialist Settings

At the BETT Show 2024, Diane Beddingfield, Director of IT, at Outcomes First Group, explained how edtech lets them provide individual experiences for anxious students.
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The rewards that edtech innovation has to offer the education sector are hard to beat, and I can’t think of a better sector to be working in if you want to exploit the endless technological opportunities available to the curious minds of children. At Outcomes First Group (OFG) we meet the needs of children with special educational needs (SEN) for whom mainstream education is unsuitable.

Our pupils have complex diagnoses, including autism, ADHD, social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs and learning disabilities. OFG schools are specifically designed to provide a child-centred education, fitting learning around individual needs.

We have the freedom and flexibility to adapt. We can change the school day - the times and frequency of lessons - to ensure our pupils have successful learning experiences with the delivery, repetition, and pace most suited to their needs. We accommodate therapy sessions in-between lessons, take learning outdoors or into a kitchen rather than at a desk, and we harness the potential of technology in an integrated way to meet pupil’s needs.

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Visiting any one of our 60 schools, you will see children learning, classrooms with desks and books, but alongside these are catering kitchens, gyms, horticulture greenhouses and specific spaces dedicated to emerging technologies. This environment allows us to approach the curriculum in a bespoke manner. 

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