Specialist teaching, assessment and professional learning for schools supporting children and young people with language, literacy and communication needs.
Evidence into action.Practical support shaped around learners, staff and the realities of education settings.
30+years of teaching experience
MScawarded with Distinction
94%identified in John’s PRU research
2026practice highlighted by Estyn
About Lexeo
Making complex needs clearer — and support more effective.
Lexeo was established to meet the growing demand for specialist advice, professional learning and targeted teaching in language and communication. We help education settings understand the needs beneath difficulties with learning, literacy, behaviour and social communication.
Our approach connects current research with day-to-day teaching practice, giving leaders and staff strategies they can understand, use and sustain.
Evidence-led assessment and intervention planning
Bespoke support shaped around each education setting
Direct specialist teaching for children and young people
Practical professional learning for staff and leaders
Specialist insight. Practical delivery.Support that works with the people, priorities and pressures within your setting.
Looking beneath the surface
Challenges Lexeo helps settings understand.
Difficulties with language and communication can affect far more than speech. Lexeo helps staff recognise the connections, identify needs and choose purposeful next steps.
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Literacy & learning
Reading, spelling, writing, phonological awareness, comprehension and language fluency.
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Language needs
Receptive and expressive language, vocabulary, sentence development and understanding.
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Behaviour & wellbeing
Exploring how unidentified communication needs may sit beneath withdrawn or disruptive behaviour.
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Neurodivergent profiles
Communication and learning needs that may occur alongside ASC/ASD, ADHD and other profiles.
Meet the Director
John Lavender
John brings more than 30 years of teaching experience across mainstream and specialist education. His background includes work as a SENDCo / ALNCo, Senior Leadership Team member, specialist teacher, researcher and professional learning facilitator.
That combination of academic research and first-hand school leadership means Lexeo’s advice remains grounded in what education professionals and learners experience every day.
MSc with DistinctionLanguage & Communication Impairment in Children — University of Sheffield
Tall Ship Faculty PrizeAwarded for achieving the highest marks throughout the MSc
National Award for SEN Co-ordinationAlongside postgraduate qualifications in SEN and inclusion
Experienced education leaderTeaching, ALN/SEND, specialist provision and senior leadership
Specialist support
Focused expertise. Connected thinking.
Explore the areas of support below. Each can be shaped to individual learners, groups, staff teams or wider school priorities.
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Literacy
Understanding the relationship between spoken language and reading, spelling, writing, phonological awareness and comprehension.
Built around education settings and the people within them.
Mainstream schools
Specialist schools
SEMH settings
PRUs & EOTAS
Primary & secondary
Post-16 & FE
Inclusion provisions
Education professionals
Recognised practice
Specialist work highlighted during Estyn inspection.
During a school inspection in May 2026, the specialised work Lexeo undertook with pre-readers and emerging readers was highlighted and praised as an example of strong practice.
Estyn inspection • May 2026
Articles & News
Ideas, evidence and practical insight.
Follow Lexeo’s learning journey through accessible articles and updates for education professionals, settings and families.
Language & learning
Why communication needs can be easy to miss
Understanding the less obvious ways language difficulties may affect learning, behaviour and participation.
