About The School

The Jigsaw CABAS® School is an independent day school for autistic children and young people. The School is overseen by the Jigsaw Trust, a registered Charity set up in 1999 by a group of parents of autistic children. Jigsaw Trust’s Mission Statement is: to improve the lives of those who experience challenges with autism through the provision of high quality, accessible, educational, vocational and wellbeing services.

JIGSAW CABAS SCHOOL’S ETHOS AND MISSION STATEMENT

The Jigsaw CABAS School is committed to providing a safe and caring environment where all our learners will be given an education of the highest standard and every opportunity to achieve their full potential. The School is a positive environment in which learning both in and out of the classroom is encouraged with the focus on improving outcomes embedded in all curriculum.

OUR VALUES

♦ Person Centred – we value each person as an individual, respect their aspirations and commitments in life, and seek to understand their priorities, needs, abilities and limits

♦ Caring – we strive to act with compassion, integrity, honesty and high ethics in all situations; to listen with respect to others and to value differences and create positive, welcoming and encouraging environments around us

♦ Teamwork – we listen to and respect each other whilst working together to achieve best possible outcomes

♦ Integrity – we act professionally, reliably and responsibly at all ties to provide the highest quality service

♦ Continuous Learning – we value the process of continual learning, feedback, coaching and mentoring to build expertise and excellence of service

OUR AIMS

To work together as a team to ensure that every pupil achieves their full potential by providing:

♦   a safe, caring and enjoyable environment where all pupils can thrive and grow and become life long learners
♦   a specialist approach to learning based on the proven principles of behaviour analysis that encourages self-esteem and respect for others
♦   an individual needs led programme designed around a broad and balanced curriculum that incorporates the National Curriculum, encourages curiosity and enthusiasm and promotes independence, confidence and resilience
♦   parent education and encouraging partnerships between parents and staff to ensure that pupils are equipped for future challenges
♦   a continuous learning and development programme for teaching staff leading to a recognised qualifications

JIGSAW’S MISSION STATEMENT, CORE VALUES AND AIMS
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JIGSAW’S SEND LOCAL OFFER DOCUMENT

To learn more about how Jigsaw meets the needs of our pupils and families, we have a SEND Local Offer document available to view on the Admission pages on this website.