CEO Thomas Keaney answers MPs call for evidence on lessons from lockdown
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This week we answered the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Education Technology’s call for evidence ‘Lessons from Lockdown: what was most effective in remote learning?’
Read about our phased approach to remote blended learning, which included on-demand and live lessons, here.
Our key lessons learnt include:
- A blended approach is vital – for some students a hard copy pack of work was an essential, tangible link to the familiarity of school,
- Therapy delivered remotely provides new opportunities to engage – some students who had felt unable to engage in a face to face therapy session engaged with the screen based offer
- Don’t forget the extra-curricular offer – our Lockdown The Art of the Possible art competition (and accompanying virtual exhibition) provided creative focus for our students at a time of high anxiety
- Find out from families what works – we surveyed families twice during lockdown and made adaptations accordingly. The overall satisfaction level with our remote blended learning was 90%.
Our new TCES Home Learning service has been developed out of our lockdown experience to deliver one-to-one distance or home/community learning for children and young people aged from 5-19 who are without school-based SEN provision. Parents and Local Authorities can find out more by visiting the website here.