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Changes to the National Curriculum

Arran

There is unhappiness with the National Curriculum by both children with ASD and their parents and teachers.

1. Does the NAS respond to public consultations about educational reform - such as the GCSE and A Level reforms a few years ago?

2. Is the NAS legally allowed to openly criticise the National Curriculum or suggest changes to better accomodate children with ASD?

Parents

  • Hi Arran,

    Sorry for the delay in responding to your questions.

    Of course the NAS comment on and criticise Government policy when we don’t agree with it. And we respond to lots of consultations every year. In some cases we will decide to run public campaigns on something. There are lots of things that we can work on and so we have to prioritise what we work on to make the biggest difference. This film does a good job of explaining how we make decisions on what we prioritise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no9RvKoOY3s

    In terms of GCSEs and A levels, we have been trying for quite some time to get the Department for Education to look seriously at how adjustments can be made to examination processes to make them more autism friendly. As a result, this year the Autism Education Trust will be producing guidance for schools and exam boards.

    More widely on the national curriculum, we work with other disability charities through the Special Educational Consortium to make sure that those with a range of special educational needs are able to access the curriculum.

    And in terms of autism specifically, we had a huge success last year, where on the back of our Every Teacher campaign, the Government has made training in autism a compulsory part of initial teacher training. This will start for the new intake from Sept 2018.  http://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/media-centre/news/2016-07-12-teacher-training.aspx

    You may also like to see our news story on implementation of the new SEND system:  http://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/media-centre/news/2017-02-07-send-reforms.aspx

    Hope that all helps.

    Regards,

    Kerri-Mod

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  • Hi Arran,

    Sorry for the delay in responding to your questions.

    Of course the NAS comment on and criticise Government policy when we don’t agree with it. And we respond to lots of consultations every year. In some cases we will decide to run public campaigns on something. There are lots of things that we can work on and so we have to prioritise what we work on to make the biggest difference. This film does a good job of explaining how we make decisions on what we prioritise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no9RvKoOY3s

    In terms of GCSEs and A levels, we have been trying for quite some time to get the Department for Education to look seriously at how adjustments can be made to examination processes to make them more autism friendly. As a result, this year the Autism Education Trust will be producing guidance for schools and exam boards.

    More widely on the national curriculum, we work with other disability charities through the Special Educational Consortium to make sure that those with a range of special educational needs are able to access the curriculum.

    And in terms of autism specifically, we had a huge success last year, where on the back of our Every Teacher campaign, the Government has made training in autism a compulsory part of initial teacher training. This will start for the new intake from Sept 2018.  http://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/media-centre/news/2016-07-12-teacher-training.aspx

    You may also like to see our news story on implementation of the new SEND system:  http://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/media-centre/news/2017-02-07-send-reforms.aspx

    Hope that all helps.

    Regards,

    Kerri-Mod

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