Fagus News

We are delighted to announce that our new interventions guide, “Finding the Right Intervention” is now available FREE to schools. Written by Fagus creators Alastair Lidster and Becci Best, together with the team at Beech Lodge School, this 92pp interactive guide gives advice and links to tried and tested interventions used with pupils exhibiting social…

We had a fabulous couple of days in London exhibiting at the Business Design Centre for this year’s TES SEN Show. There was a great turnout and lots of interest in Fagus! To top it all the Beech Lodge School Staff all came along wearing Fagus T’shirts to help get the message across! Thank you…

Visitors to the Fagus Stand (185) at the TesSEN Show (Business Design Centre, October 7/8) will be able to enjoy an exclusive 25% discount on this new resource which has been developed by a team of educational psychologists at Beech Lodge School. Named after the Latin for Beech Tree – the tree of learning –…

 We had a wonderful evening launching the Fagus materials last Thursday at the BCA (Berkshire College of Agriculture). We had over 100 guests join us from the world of education, social care and psychology including James Wilding, Principal of Claire’s Court Schools, Walter Boyle, Head of Holyport College, Scott Casson-Rennie of Adoption UK as well…

This week we are pleased to feature on The Adoption Social. Read our blog, written by Becci Best co-author of Fagus, here: http://theadoptionsocial.com/blogless-blogging/guest-post-fagus-a-framework-for-emotional-and-social-development/

We are thrilled to announce that we will be holding the official launch of Fagus on 30th June between 5pm and 8pm at Hall Place, BCA, Burchetts Green, Maidenhead SL6 6QR.  Refreshments will be served.   Speakers include Daniela Shanly – Proprietor of Beech Lodge School about how and why they created Fagus, Alastair Lidster…

We are delighted to announce that six schools from the Royal Borough of Windsor have volunteered to be part of our Fagus development group. We are joining forces to explore how the Fagus materials are used in different educational settings, collect data to assess their impact and gather evaluative feedback to inform the future development…

Fagus is delighted to feature in the latest edition of Special Children magazine. Thank you to Annie Grant for writing such a brilliant piece, and to all those who contributed to the article. Read the full article here.  

We would like to welcome Joe Witcomb to the Fagus team. Joe will be working alongside Alastair and Becci to use and develop the FAGUS materials. Please see the About Us page to learn more about Joe and the rest of the team.

From September 2016, we will be working in partnership with the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead on a research project, studying the use of the Fagus materials in different educational settings and measure their impact on pupils’ emotional and social development. At least six schools will be taking part – further details to follow…