An Award-Winning Approach to SLCN

As 2026 BESA Award Winners in the Outstanding SEND Resource or Service category, we could not be prouder of our Infant Language Link package. Praised for its strengths in early identification, clinical credibility and measurable impact – alongside its three vital features: assessment, intervention and therapist support, we are pleased that the judges recognised the exceptional value of the packages and the underlying commitment that we have in supporting children with SLCN.

Identify Language Needs Early and Accurately

To confidently identify language needs, an accurate, statistically robust, child friendly assessment is needed. In Infant Language Link there are now three! Designed by our speech and language therapists and developed in conjunction with the University of Cambridge Psychometrics Centre, the DfE recently rated our Infant Language Link assessments amongst the most robust available. They are also fun, quick and easily accessible. Each looks at understanding of language across key areas including concept vocabulary, instructions and sentence structures. The results will identify pupils that can be helped in school with suitable interventions and which of those may also need specialist input.

We recently spent two years upgrading our school entry year assessment to make it even quicker and more precise. Two out of three pupils can now be assessed in ten minutes. To focus accurately on the ages found at school entry there is an assessment for term 1, one for the rest of the entry year and one for the infant years – all included in one annual subscription.

Find out more about the fastest, most accurate, standardised assessment for understanding of language on school entry.

Targeted Interventions that Make a Difference

We believe that every child is unique. That’s why our programme is not a one size fits all solution. We take a tiered approach to intervention so you can provide effective support at the right level for each child. Our universal high quality teaching strategies and classroom resources allow teachers to support speech and language development across the whole class.

For those who need a more targeted approach our 14 different planned and fully resourced language groups allow the support staff to provide tailored interventions. With over 400 colourful resources you will never be short of activities. Each session has clear objectives, target vocabulary and precise instructions for delivery enabling even inexperienced staff to run effective groups.

And for children who need a little bit extra following a group or a more individualised programme of learning, our supplementary teaching plans allow teachers and support staff to offer intensive focussed support in the classroom.

In-Package Training and Support

The annual subscription includes our online training for staff. Delivered in a series of accessible user guides, the Infant Language Link course will walk your staff through every aspect of using the package from set up to administering the assessment and running interventions, as well as interpreting reports and measuring progress. There are lots of on page how to guides and our friendly help desk team are only a phone call or email way.

Our speech and language therapy team deliver regular webinar overviews offering your staff the chance to ask our experts questions. They are also available for unlimited support throughout your subscription via our Help Desk.

Track Progress and See the Impact

Infant Language Link was developed with progress in mind. Each aspect of the tool has built in progress measures enabling you to track the impact of intervention on your student’s language skills and access to classroom learning. Use our engagement ratings to set language targets and use our tracking sheets to objectively track children’s progress across intervention group sessions.

Our instant reporting feature provides you with individual pupil reports as well as class and year reports. Teachers use the class reports to see at a glance, the language level for each of their students supporting planning and delivery of high quality inclusive teaching.

Multilingual Children and English as an Additional Language

Infant Language Link can be easily adapted for use with multilingual children and those with English as an Additional Language.

The standardised assessment will show how well your students are understanding English in comparison to English speaking children of the same age. For children who are just beginning to learn English the assessment will identify areas for development.

Our reports and provision maps clearly show where a child is identified as an English learner, allowing progress to be tracked across terms and years.

We always recommend that students new to English work alongside children who can provide good models of language to aid language acquisition. All our language groups and supplementary teaching plans can be used with groups or individual children to encourage the development of spoken and social use of English.

Considering Infant Language Link for your International School? Please see our International School Price List.