Helen Allison School is Independent Secondary school in Not recorded for kids aged 5 to 19 (Gender - 5 to 19 )
Helen Allison is a positive, friendly school that has been bringing out the best in children on the autism spectrum for over 50 years. It provides a stimulating, high quality education that helps each child reach their full potential, keeping them safe with well trained and enthusiastic staff. Children are cared for on two sites, split by stage of development and need rather than age specifically.The school teaches students in a “through school” model utilising Primary, Middle, Secondary and Post 16, split into classes of students of ability and social/emotional ability rather than age. All students attending the school are funded via their respective local authorities on either a standard or enhanced package. Students often travel long distances to attend the school with the majority utilising local authority arranged transport. Students can be admitted at any point throughout the year and must have an EHCP with a primary diagnosis of ASD.
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At Helen Allison School our intent is to offer motivating and engaging context, in which pupils can achieve and make progress based on their assessed levels and next steps in a personalised way. The curriculum respects the right of each pupil to learn in an environment that is supportive, enjoyable and safe which follows the SPELL philosophy. They strive to follow the National Curriculum as closely as possible and our approach is always differentiated – they teach academic subjects alongside the life skills to support independence, personal development and prepare our pupils to make a positive contribution to life in a modern society. We offer a curriculum which is broad, balanced and specifically tailored to give pupils self-confidence through their learning and provide them with opportunities to engage with the world around them in line with the Quality of Life framework.
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Every child is entitled to an education and every child deserves the best possible developmental opportunities so that they learn more and do more, preparing themselves for life after school. Our autistic pupils learn in happy and safe environments that are able to support their individual needs as autistic learners.All National Autistic Society schools and Children’s services follow our Quality of life (QoL) Framework. The major objective of this framework is to ensure we plan each child’s education carefully and cohesively, shaping each pupil’s provision around their EHCP and agreed developmental goals in order to develop pupils’ knowledge and skills now and for the future.
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