Our response to the Ofsted Annual Report 2013/14: Today’s Ofsted report states that pupils with a special educational need (SEN), including autism, are being failed by schools due to a lack of appropriate support from teaching staff. It also states that not enough attention is paid to the development of personal and social skills, despite the fact that they can make a ‘substantial difference’ for pupils with SEN. “This comes as no surprise to us given recent research which found that 60% of teachers did not feel adequately trained to support children with autism. This huge skills gap and the impact it has on pupils with autism should be clear to all. “Over 1.4 million pupils in English schools have a special educational need and school leaders must ensure that staff are trained to support them. Local authorities also have a role to play in ensuring that all schools under their control have access to an autism specialist teacher. “The report states that ‘pupils with special educational needs do best when they are supported by excellent teachers’. We agree and call on all school leaders to ensure that this is the case.”
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 16:50:52 +0000
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