LEO Explorers

Our Learner Profile - LEO Explorers - is an approach and not a curriculum. The priority is for pupils to understand the subject disciplines, as part of a knowledge-rich curriculum, as opposed to a set of generalised skills. Therefore, these skills are used to facilitate deep substantive and disciplinary knowledge, and work alongside an inclusive curriculum. Our learner profile entails the kinds of attributes and dispositions needed for all subjects. We start from the premise that key skills are grown based on knowledge, and within curriculum subjects, ensuring our pupils are prepared for both now and the future.

The creation of LEO explorer characteristics has been a  fabulous collaboration of thoughts and ideas from a number of groups from within the LEO Team. Special thanks to everyone involved in this project with particular recognition to Niamh Wilson for bringing the LEO explorers to life with her brilliant illustrations and Evo Hannan for getting us started on this journey.