Outcomes First Group is an English company based in Bolton which provides care for about 750 young people and adults with autism and complex Social Emotional and Mental Health needs.
The organisation owns and operates over 90 schools, educating over 6,500 pupils.
The chief executive officer of Outcomes First Group is David Leatherbarrow.
The group comprises: Acorn Education and Care: Acorn Education and Care is a provider of specialist education and residential care within Outcomes First Group. Options Autism: Options Autism is a provider of care and education for children, young people and adults with autism, complex needs and learning difficulties.
History
Outcomes First Group previously operated adult residential care services. In 2015, this arm of the business was sold to Achieve Together. In May 2022, the Care Quality Commission rated Options Malvern View as inadequate in the safe and well-led categories and placed the service in special measures. The service was later included in the sale of the group’s adult residential care operations. Hillcrest Shifnal School received an Ofsted warning notice in 2017. The school was subsequently renamed Lamledge School and was later rated Good by Ofsted. Options Applegate House in Barton upon Humber. In the grounds is one of the last-remaining public air raid shelters, which was open to the public for Heritage Open Days 2018. The organisation created a wartime garden. Residents will be running stalls during the Open Days, selling home-grown produce such as carrots, beans and courgettes and handing out ration books to visitors. Options Higford School in Shifnal which has been awarded ‘Autism Accreditation’ status by the National Autistic Society.
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