Autism Early Support Trust are specialists in autism education, therapies and early intervention for young children age 2-12 years.

Inspectors are demanding action over failings in services for people with learning disabilities in the North West of England. The inspectors found “significant areas of weakness” in the services provided by Sefton in Merseyside.

Parents of children with autism are calling for tougher rules governing the use of calm rooms in special schools in the UK and Ireland after a whistle-blowing teacher reported their abuse. The calls follow the publication of an article in the latest issue of Autism Eye magazine, in which a teacher claims that children were forced […]

Consensus is an award-winning independent provider of specialist services for individuals with learning disabilities, autism and additional complex needs.

The father of an autistic teen whose residential school was closed by Ofsted says the watchdog would have acted differently over a mainstream setting. Kevin Maxwell, from Bath, is looking for a new placement for 16-year-old son Jonah. It follows Ofsted closing the residential facilities at Bristol special school St Christopher’s. Maxwell says many of […]

Schools using zero-tolerance policies to discipline children with learning disabilities are likely to fall foul of the law. That’s the view of expert education lawyer Erin Smart. She issued the warning as education watchdog Ofsted produced new guidance on behaviour. The Ofsted guidance highlights the need for “clear and effective behaviour and attendance policies with […]

Government school inspectors who oversee the education of children with special educational needs are often not trained to do the job, according to a UK think tank. The Policy Exchange claims that many inspectors are employed part-time by private firms and lack experience of special needs training. It now wants inspectors to be made to […]