An investigation into variation in autistic students' attainment across England and Wales by Local Education Authority (LEA).

我计划通过地方教育机构（LEA）调查英格兰和威尔士自闭症学生成绩的差异。这项研究将有助于了解哪些LEAs正在实施自闭症学生接受教育的最佳实践，并将其潜力发挥到与患有自闭症（非自闭症）的同龄人相同的水平。我将能够向LEAs提供我的研究结果摘要-这项研究有可能影响未来的政策实施。当我在埃克塞特大学进行这项研究时，我计划与其他在类似领域进行研究的学者一起工作，我也希望在未来的一年里与当地的自闭症慈善机构建立联系，这样我就可以在我的研究中与他们接触。教统会为学校提供服务、协助在学校推行政府的措施和法例、为学校拨款，并负责识别和满足有特殊教育需要及残疾学生的需要。通过研究全国不同的LEAs如何处理自闭症，以及针对这些LEAs的自闭症学生的教育成果，为SEND学生分配了哪些调整和资金，我将能够确定哪些提供了最佳实践。这项研究将有可能跟踪学生在整个学校系统过渡期间的进步，并且看看学生的成就是否在学校类型之间发生变化，以及在每个教育级别为SEND学生提供的支持和提供的条件，也将是有趣的。我计划使用National小学生数据库（NPD）进行定量的二次数据分析。我需要获得访问这些数据的许可，然而，由于这个研究项目旨在促进自闭症学生的教育福祉，我应该被允许访问。通过使用NPD，我消除了抽样的需要，因为我将能够处理来自整个人群的数据，这意味着我的结果将代表整个人群，并且不会受到样本偏差的限制。NPD还将允许我观察一段时间内的结果，这样我就可以确定影响学生成绩的政策变化。英国有174个LEAs。我将需要收集有关lei政策和SEND学生支出的数据，以及lei /地方政府网站或通过信息自由请求提供的信息。有些类型的学校，如免费学校和私立学校，不属于LEAs，所以我必须使用他们的网站或单独联系他们，以收集政策和资金信息。使用NPD意味着我不需要与任何学生接触来进行这项研究，也不需要访问任何NHS记录来查看他们是否患有自闭症诊断，这些信息将包含在匿名数据集中。

I plan to investigate variation in autistic students' attainment across England and Wales by Local Education Authority (LEA). This research will facilitate an understanding of which LEAs are implementing the best practice for autistic students to access education and fulfil their potential to the same level as their allistic (non-autistic) peers. I will be able to provide a summary of my findings to LEAs - this research has the potential to impact future policy implementation.While out this research at The University of Exeter, I plan to work alongside other academics who are conducting research in a similar area, I am also hoping to forge links with local Autism charities over the coming year, so that I can engage with them during my research.LEAs provide services for schools, assist in implementing government initiatives and legislation in schools, allocate finance to schools and are responsible for identifying and meeting the needs of pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). By researching how different LEAs across the country deal with autism and what adjustments and funding are allocated for SEND students, against educational outcomes for autistic students from these LEAs, I will be able to identify which are providing best practice. It will be possible for this research to track students' progress across the transition through the school system and it will also be of interest to see if pupils' attainment changes between school types against what support and provision is provided for SEND pupils at each level of education.I plan to conduct quantitative secondary data analysis, using the National Pupil Database (NPD). I will need to seek permission to access this data, however, as this research project seeks to promote the educational well-being of autistic pupils it should be the case that I will be granted access. By using the NPD I eliminate the need for sampling as I will be able to work with data from the whole population, this means my results will be representative of the population and there will be no limitations from sample bias. The NPD will also allow me to look at outcomes over time, in this way I may be able to identify particular changes in policy which have impacted students outcomes.England has 174 LEAs. I will need to collect data about LEAs policies and spending for SEND pupils, information available on LEAs/local government websites, or via freedom of information requests. Some types of school, such as free schools and private schools do not fall under LEAs and so I will have to use their websites or contact them individually to collect policy and funding information.Using the NPD means I do not need to have contact with any pupils to conduct this research, nor will I need to access any NHS records for individuals to see if they have an autism diagnosis, this information will be contained within the anonymised dataset.