Lakeside School is a Special Needs School for students aged 2-19 years. Our project is to send seven staff on a one week work shadowing programme. We have four partner schools in Germany, Romania, Turkey and Malta, which are all schools for students with special educational needs. Our school is currently researching the need to personalise the curriculum for our students, and the work shadowing programme is an ideal vehicle to explore possible options. This will give staff an opportunity to learn about best practice in other SEN schools internationally, look at areas of specialism e.g. Outdoor Learning one of the school's priority areas of development, and learn through diverse culture / language opportunities. Through the Lifelong Learning Programme staff will be given the opportunity to develop by researching this important area of the school's development plan, gain self confidence and assist in embedding international education across all areas of Lakeside School. Staff will return to school and disseminate their results through presentations to Senior Management Team, Erasmus + team and other staff. They will in turn be involved in the development of a personalised curriculum for students throughout the school with their invaluable insight into SEN practice / curricula in Malta, Germany Turkey and Romania. Lakeside school will benefit from the research and students and staff will be involved in new approaches. Staff taking part in the project will grow in confidence, and enable them to be more assertive in their teaching assistant roles.