In celebration of five years of work, and to mark the occasion of the first three Special Schools in the world to be authorised as IB World Schools, Leigh Academy Milestone, Snowfields Academy and The Cavendish School came together to present the results of their work at the IB Global Conference, 2024. The Conference, hosted in Budapest, Hungary, welcomed more than 1,700 delegates from schools around the world.
The presentation, titled “Redefine the Possible,” aimed to showcase how the International Baccalaureate curriculum frameworks have been implemented across the three schools. Kyle Marsh, Assistant Principal (Phase 3) and IB Primary Years Programme Coordinator, presented on behalf of Leigh Academy Milestone. In his conference presentation, Kyle proudly pointed to the efforts that have been made across Milestone to embed the culture and philosophy of the International Baccalaureate, and called on recent examples of inquiry-based learning to showcase how Milestone students were engaging with the PYP.
“For students at Milestone, all learning is Transdisciplinary. Our young people explore across a range of subjects and disciplines, using all of their senses. As (IB Director-General) Olli-Pekka Heinonen said when he visited Milestone in September ‘human beings don’t just think with their heads. We learn with our entire bodies.’”
Leigh Academy Milestone continues to work with the IB, and with schools around the world, to improve the quality of education and outcomes for young people with special additional needs. We are excited to mark our authorisation, and even more excited about what’s still to come.
