The Ambitious Approach is a values-driven, learner-centred philosophy to positively promote a learner’s quality of life and outcomes. 

There are three core underpinning values applied to our teaching, these being:  

• Compassion 

• Dignity  

• Respect  

These values are lived by staff across our schools, colleges and supported internships and permeate the delivery of the educational curricular models. 

The Ambitious Approach has three core areas of focus:

The curriculum:  

• Curricular models vary across the portfolio of services; however, all curriculums are designed to provide the relevant knowledge and skills that will support and prepare autistic learners to their destinations beyond us.   

• Dedicated teams including teachers/lecturers, therapists, and behaviour/employment specialists work collaboratively to personalise the curriculum offer and to identify / deliver relevant interventions.  

• Teams regularly evaluate for progress and adjust accordingly.  
  
  

Curriculum delivery: 

• We recruit staff with the right values who are committed to the approach of teaching and learning with dignity, compassion and respect. 

• We train our staff to provide high-quality teaching through deep subject knowledge and specialist knowledge of how autistic children and young people learn. 

• We ensure our learning environments support and nurture a learners physical and psychological needs.  
  
  

Collaboration:  

• We value the voices of learners, parents and carers, and staff work closely with them and together to address barriers to learning to support the best possible outcomes  

The Ambitious Approach is therefore our commitment to a personalised, destination-focused curriculum which is delivered with dignity, compassion and respect. This supports learners to be ‘future ready’ with improved outcomes / quality of life.