Ambitious College A GSG School
- Ambitious College
Clyde Road
Tottenham
London
N15 4FY - Head: Mrs Linda Looney
- T 020 3870 8775
- E admin@ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk
- W ambitiouscollege.org.uk/
- A special independent school for boys and girls aged from 16 to 25. Type of SEN provision: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Barnet
- Pupils: 39 (31 boys; 8 girls)
- Open days: Check school website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
All teaching is aimed at being of practical use and integrated in general learning - filling in forms, working with money, writing invitations to parents. Social enterprises help to ensure pupils’ learning is made practical and given value. A collaboration with the Gate Restaurant gave pupils training in chocolate making and thus chocolate is made at college and sold at the theatre. A Friday staff cafe is run and managed by pupils - taking orders for staff lunches ...
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head of College
Since 2020, Linda Looney. Joined Ambitious about Autism in August 2013, having previously worked as a post-16 SEN lecturer - she spent the first five years of her career working in FE colleges, after which she moved into the charity sector and set up and managed a number of services to develop the skills of people with autism and learning disabilities. These services included independent travel training, supported employment and a variety of lifelong learning and social enterprise schemes. A passionate believer in furthering the abilities of people with learning disabilities.
Entrance
A college for young adults with autism and complex needs. Pupils must have an autism diagnosis, many are non-verbal, many have occupational therapy needs and most have learning disabilities. They do support pupils with personal care support needs and on medication (but...
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Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | Y |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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