Autistic children would be able to avail of a new school that is totally free in Reading soon.
Since the approval by the Education Department for an attempt by the charity organisation that has the plans, Reading will soon see a free school for autistic children.
(NAS) the National Autistic Society has ideas of conducting a special school that would take care of around 50 kids between 5 and 19 years of age throughout Berkshire and the counties in the neighbourhood.
The site that the charity has located for this special school was the once Meadway School property in Tilehurst. The school would be presently called the Thames Valley Free School.
As per the plans, the new educational institution would be opened in the month of September a year from now. It is expected to close the yawning gap between the providing of education to autistic children who have been pointed out by the Council of Reading Borough.
According to statistics there was a hike in the figures of children in the Borough. With autism being one of the ailments that has also recorded a 1.9 percent increase, and this has resulted in the disease topping the priority list in all specialist educational requirements.
A great percentage (90 %) of parents who participated in a survey in Reading in the November of the previous year stated that they would very much appreciate an institution for kids afflicted with autism in the county.
The Society already has six other schools throughout the UK where they have worked jointly with the local offices, schools and parents as well as voluntary groups to get the applications ready for the DfE.
A recent report from NAS revealed that 30 percent of the parents were of the opinion that their ward’s instructive placement has been insufficient and 43 percent of the kids studying in special schools for autism had to cover a long distance to get to their school.
An exclusive feature of the planned Thames Valley Free School would be the associations with every student’s closest to the school and asking them over to play a dynamic role.
The students would have the chance to participate in the classes, events and activities at the associated school if the authorities think it is suitable for them to do so.
The syllabus of the new school would further concentrate on attempting the pupil to create relations and connections inside the community, getting them ready to face adulthood.
Established in the year 1962, the NAS is one of UK’s top charitable organisations for people who have autistic kids and their closest kith and kin. Before work for the school is started there would be more discussions regarding the utilisation of the premises.
The Chief Executive of NAS, Mark Lever stated that the starting of a free school for autistic kids was terrific news for people in Reading. He pointed that the problem was a variety of conditions that have different effects on different people, therefore it was imperative that those families that had children afflicted with autism to select a school from the different schools that were available and allow their ward to have the most excellent education in the locality and at the same time being able to talk for kids with that disability.
Lever stated that With NAS celebrating its 50th Anniversary, the new school would carry on the heritage of educating autistic kids that was commenced by their founders and help offer support to youngsters affected by the disability to go ahead with a life of their choice.
