Ambitious About Autism Schools Trust

The Ambitious about Autism Schools Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust that shares Ambitious about Autism’s vision and mission. Through the Trust, we are developing more schools to reach the autistic children and young people who need our specialist support.

In 2014, the trust set up our first special free school, The Rise School, in west London. In 2023, the Ambitious about Autism Schools Trust opened Spring School, a new special free school in Kingston, south west London. Spring School is dedicated to educating autistic pupils aged 4–19.

We welcome opportunities and partnerships to achieve our aim of ensuring more autistic children and young people can access high-quality education and make outstanding progress.

Through our Trust, we work with local authorities and community groups who share our commitment to developing high-quality, evidence-based schools for autistic children and young people.

We welcome opportunities and partnerships to achieve our aim of more autistic children and young people accessing high-quality education and making outstanding progress.

The Trust is led by an experienced team of people passionate about enabling education to transform the life chances of autistic children and young people. Quality is at the top of the agenda in everything we do, with a focus on meeting the individual needs of every autistic child or young person we support.