The National Autistic Society Thames Valley School A GSG School
- The National Autistic Society Thames Valley School
2 Conwy Close
Tilehurst
Reading
Berkshire
RG30 4BZ - Head: Ms Amanda Makoka
- T 0118 942 4750
- E thames.valley@nas.org.uk
- W www.autism.org…s/thames-valley
- A special state school for children aged 4 to 16 with a primary diagnosis of ASD (high functioning).
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Reading
- Pupils: 49
- Religion: None
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Requires improvement 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Requires improvement 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 1
- 1 Full inspection 7th December 2021
- Previous Ofsted grade: Good on 4th May 2016
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Fujitsu has sponsored a classy innovation centre, with seriously high-powered computer equipment to feed the children’s love of cyberspace, while the science lab displayed work on bacteria and viruses alongside the usual periodic tables. We heard from a parent who was receiving training from the psychologist in how to explain to her son that he was autistic; the strategies included support for his brother too ...
What the school says...
Opened September 2013
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head teacher
Since 2020, Amanda Makoka BA PGCE. Graduated in Drama from The University of Northumbria, before taking a PGCE in 2006 in drama at the University of London at Goldsmiths College. Taught up to A’ level English and drama in mainstream schools in London before taking the position of senior teacher in charge of teaching, learning and assessment at Annie Lawson School in Berkshire, a school for pupils with special educational needs. Assistant headship, later promoted to head, at Mabel Prichard special school, Oxford, allowed her to hone her personal leadership skills. During this time, also graduated with a Master of Arts in Education, Leadership and Management at Oxford Brookes University in 2015.
Entrance
A specialist school for 5-16s, under the direction of the National Autistic Society Academies Trust. All children have an EHCP, and a...
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