The Rise School was opened in September 2014 under the government’s free school programme by the Ambitious about Autism Schools Trust, with the core purpose of preparing pupils for the next stages in their lives and for success beyond school.
It places equal priority on academic and social outcomes, with pupils gaining both the qualifications and the skill-set to successfully access further education or employment and to be full and active participants in society.
The Rise School is registered for pupils with autism aged 4-18 years and, at full capacity, has 130 pupils in primary, secondary and Sixth Form. The Rise School Sixth Form opened at West Thames College in September 2019.
School-to-school support
The Rise School, in partnership with HEP, is very eager to share its expertise with colleagues across the borough. Training on offer includes:
- Supporting pupils to self-regulate - A range of strategies
- Supporting pupils to self-regulate - Zones of regulation
- A whole school approach to wellbeing
- Effective in class support for Teaching Assistants - how do we avoid learned helplessness and increase independence
- Turning challenging behaviour into teaching moments - and the visual tools to do this
- Scaffolding to the top - how do you help children with SEND access ambitious content in English
- An introduction to good practice in Autism
- High ambition, high support: the role in staggering qualification pathways in accessing GCSEs
- The Iceberg Model – The WHY underneath behaviour that challenges
- Going beyond the functions of behaviour to the underlying reasons - trauma and attachment training
- Curriculum and Assessment (Non-SEND specific)
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- Building a Research-Informed Approach to Curriculum and Assessment, and bringing your staff with you
- The role of assessment in delivering your 'curriculum as a progress model'
- Designing robust assessments
Key contacts
Helen.Ralston@theriseschool.