Care and support

Effectiveness

An agreed set of standards has been developed against which the quality of the provision can be judged. These relate to the overall quality of the Autism Bases and to the effective education of pupils with autistic spectrum disorders. The extent to which the aims of the provision, as set out on pages 2 and 6, have been met will be monitored on a regular basis.

Indicators of effectiveness:

• Pupil achievement of individual targets as set out in their IEP.
• The progress of pupils in developing cognitive skills.
• The progress of pupils in developing social and communication
  skills.
• The success of individual behaviour plans in increasing pupils’ appropriate behaviour.
• The degrees of integration pupils achieve into the mainstream of the school or into an ordinary school according to individual needs and circumstances.
• The extent to which pupils successfully join the activities of the whole school such as assembly, school performances, and other whole school activities.
• The specialist knowledge of individual members of staff about autism and the consistent application by all staff of this specialist knowledge.
• Staff who have undertaken training in autism and the number who have gained extra qualifications in autism.
• Positive feedback from parents.
• A decrease in the number of pupils with autism placed in out-county provision.