Ash Meadow School

We are registered for up to 35 places for students aged 5 – 19 years, which includes day placements. Our highly trained staff teams are particularly skilled in supporting students with sensory integration difficulties and providing strategies to focus on self-regulation, and strategies to support autism. 

Each student has an Individual Education Plan (IEP) and a Positive Behaviour Support Plan (PBSP). We use a range of tools to support assessment and track progress. These include Evidence for Learning which supports a holistic approach considering engagement and learning. Learning goals and achievements are hugely celebrated. We use national accreditation including the EQUALS Award schemes, ASDAN programmes, GCSEs, and other awarding bodies.

At Ash Meadow we work closely with Therapy Services and provide all of our young people and adults with a ‘sensory diet’ which is a carefully designed, personalised plan and provides the sensory input the individual needs to stay focused and organised throughout the day. The effects of a sensory diet can be immediate and cumulative. Not only can they help stimulate or calm an individual in the moment, but they can also support restructuring the individual’s nervous system over time so they can become more tolerant of certain sensations or situations that they may find challenging. A sensory diet includes a range of activities to support calming the sensory system such as the use of a weighted jacket or body sock, and also includes activities to stimulate the sensory system such as using a trampoline, collecting apples in a wheelbarrow and garden work.