Jigsaw CABAS® School, rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, is an independent day school for autistic children and young people aged 4-19. Pupils at Jigsaw receive individualised curriculum, comprehensive outreach programmes and on-site therapy sessions together with a broad range of key life skills learning opportunities and off-site activities.

Jigsaw School is overseen by the Jigsaw Trust, a registered Charity that was set up in 1999 by a group of parents of autistic children. Jigsaw Trust also incorporates: JigsawPlus a specialist day service delivering key living and life skills learning for adults from the age of 18+ as well as 2 social enterprises: Café on the Park providing work experience and volunteering opportunities in a public-facing setting, and Jigsaw GARDENworks enabling learners of all ages to embark on a range of gardening and related outdoor activities.

Working at Jigsaw Trust directly impacts individual lives and helps make a significant difference, not only our pupils and adult learners but also their family and friends.

Jigsaw is strongly committed to continuously developing individuals to ensure everyone has the skills and knowledge they need. We offer a wide range of training and qualifications to help staff excel on a daily basis and gain the experience needed to achieve their career goals.

At Jigsaw our values and philosophy support a person centred and caring environment not just for our learners but for all our staff too. We recognise the importance of a work life balance, which is why we offer a number of benefits and support facilities to meet all our staff’s needs.

Our Mission

The Trust is inspired by autism in everything it does and as such its mission is to create more opportunities for autistic people through the provision of high quality, accessible, educational, vocational and wellbeing services.

Our Ethos

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.

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