Fagus provides a developmentally sequenced framework of typical behaviour which clarifies the understanding of a child’s strengths and difficulties across social and emotional functioning and supports goal setting towards a better future. It allows schools to monitor social and emotional progress much in the same way as they monitor academic progress. Fagus was principally developed for pupils at Beech Lodge School, many of the children there have attachment and developmental trauma-related difficulties and have been adopted from care. Fagus, therefore is an ideal use of Pupil Premium Plus funding.

There are 3 central components to Fagus: Online Developmental Checklists and Profiles and the Developmental Guides.

• The online Developmental Checklists are a summarised version of the Developmental Guides and are completed to create a Developmental Profile.
• The Developmental Profile approximates a child’s development across each social and emotional domain and identifies their strengths and areas requiring intervention. The profile is updated to track progress over time.
• The relevant Developmental Guides are used to get an in-depth understanding of a child’s social and emotional development, focus interventions and set targets and goals to help the child progress.