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Approved by the Department of Education as a Residential Special School for children with autism and inspected by Ofsted under the Department for Children, Schools and Families

The National Autistic Society opened Sybil Elgar School in 1965. From its early beginnings of 9 students in one building, it now has the facility to take up to 101 students as day or weekly boarders, aged 11-19+ across three sites. The residential accommodation is based in Corfton Road, Ealing; the secondary educational provision is in Havelock Road, Southall and Further Education Unit in Mill Hill Road, Acton. The residential students are coached to and from Corfton Road with Residential Social Workers and/or Classroom Assistants acting as escorts. All three complexes are easily accessible by public transport.

Sybil Elgar School Mission Statement

“To provide and develop a range of services for children and adults with autistic spectrum disorders, which are specialised, innovative, of a high quality and well resourced; and continually seek to improve and provide models of good practice which are internationally recognised.”

The National Autistic Society

We want a world where autism is understood and people with autism have the support they need to ensure that their rights are upheld and that they have the same opportunities as others in society.

Mission:

The National Autistic Society champions the rights and interests of all people with autism and their families and ensures that they receive quality services appropriate to their needs.

This is achieved by:

1. Raising professional and public awareness of the needs of people with autism and those families and carers.
2. Working with individual members, branches, affiliated societies and other public and independent sector organisations to provide relevant support and information to people with autism and their families and carers.
3. Directly providing education, care and support, advice and information to people with autism.
4. Working with statutory agencies and other service providers to encourage the provision of a range of relevant services.
5. Lobbying and providing information to legislators and funding bodies to ensure adequate funding is available to support autism specific services.

Value:

1. The interests of people with autism are paramount to our activities.
2. People with autism throughout their lives should be afforded the full respect, dignity, rights and privileges enjoyed by all the population where such rights are appropriate and in the individual’s best interest.
3. The potential for development of people with autism should be recognised, whilst taking into account their vulnerability. Their needs should be met with empathy, in the least restrictive environment feasible.
4. People with autism should receive services and support appropriate to their needs throughout their lives. A range of services should be available so that through the promotion of self advocacy individual choices can be identified and met.