Government of Jersey

Support for children with autism (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 23 June 2016.

Request

Please provide the current figures for primary aged children:

The total number of TA hours that support children with ASC and BESD.

The total number of teacher hours that support children with ASC and BESD.

The total number of management hours that support pupils with ASC and BESD.

The total cost of the above

Response

ASC: Autism Spectrum Condition

At primary level, there are two additionally resourced centres for pupils with autism and social communication needs.

Additionally Resourced Centre (ARC)	Number of TA (teaching assistant) hours per week
Rouge Bouillon	304
St Saviour	225
Total	529

Additionally Resourced Centre (ARC)	Number of TA (teaching assistant) hours per week
Haute Vallee	135
Grainville	105
Total	240

ASCIT

Support is also offered to primary and secondary schools by the ASCIT team within the Inclusion/Educational Support Team section of the Education Department.

ASCIT Team	Number of TA (teaching assistant) hours per week
Primary	11
Secondary	11
Total	22

ASC: Autism Spectrum Condition

Additionally Resourced Centre (ARC)	Primary Number of teacher hours per week
Rouge Bouillon	12.5
St Saviour	12.5
Total	25

Additionally Resourced Centre (ARC)	Secondary Number of teacher hours per week
Haute Vallee	12.5
Grainville	12.5
Total	25

ASCIT

ASCIT	Number of teacher hours per week
Primary	17
Secondary	17
Total	34

ASC: Autism Spectrum Condition

Additionally Resourced Centre (ARC) - primary	Number of management hours per week
Rouge Bouillon	12.5
St Saviour	12.5
Total	25

Additionally Resourced Centre (ARC) - secondary	Number of management hours per week
Haute Vallee	12.5
Grainville	12.5
Total	25

A to C

BESD: Behavioural, emotional and social difficulties

The Behaviour Inclusion Team provide support across the States of Jersey primary and secondary schools.

Their role is to support and upskill TAs, using the SEN (Special Educational Needs) school delegated funding and to provide and deploy the staff in the best way for the needs of each BESD identified pupil within each school.

Support is also offered to primary schools by the Well-being Team within the Inclusion / Educational Support Team section of the Education Department.

The Well-being Team are included in the data provided below.

Due to the structure of the support it is not possible to provide exact numbers for each area.

BESD annual support through AWPU	2016
Grainville	£224,323
Haute Vallee	£207,755
Le Rocquier	£227,487
Les Quennevais	£133,987
Total	£793,552

BESD team: primary	Hours per week
Teaching assistants and administration	234
Teachers and management	50
Total	284

BESD team: secondary	Hours per week
Teaching assistants and administration	235
Teachers and management	275
Total	510

Further information on the Special Educational Needs allocated funding can be found below.

View information about Special Educational Needs funding

Service	Total cost
ASC primary	£554,622
ASC secondary	£338,196
BESD primary	£365,437
BESD secondary	£1,917,104
Total	£3,175,359

The allocation of support is fluid throughout an academic year as needs change and mechanisms for support are put in place for individual students.

The totals provided in D under ASC are based on the hours per week at an average grade for teachers and TAs respectively, as of May 2016.

This is multiplied to reflect the cost for an academic year. The totals include the ASCIT team.

The BESD figures are taken from the budgets of those teams and the allocation of BESD funds in the AWPU from source.

The figures include the Well-being Team.

We are unable to provide costings or total hours for ad-hoc teaching support within the school setting.

The data provided include all States of Jersey primary and secondary schools.