Schools with autism provision in Barnsley

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Barnsley has 8 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 0 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (8)

Pupils have a specialist base and staff inside an ordinary school. Places are separate from the school's main admissions and normally need an EHC plan.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Churchfield Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	SEN unit	5-11	Barnsley	13	Good 2024	67
Hoyland Springwood Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties	SEN unit and resourced provision	5-11	Barnsley	27	Good 2023	23
Hoylandswaine Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	4-11	Sheffield	–	Inadequate 2022	84
Laithes Primary SchoolPrimary school	SEN unit	3-11	Barnsley	12	Report card 2026	64
Lift MeadsteadPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	Barnsley	12	No overall grade 2025	61
Astrea Academy DearneSecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	SEN unit and resourced provision	11-16	Rotherham	64	Good 2023	15
Outwood Academy CarltonSecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Resourced provision	11-16	Barnsley	25	Not inspected	27
Penistone Grammar SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and more	SEN unit and resourced provision	11-18	Sheffield	43	Good 2023	72

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Other needs

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How to read this

The list comes from the Department for Education's register of schools (Get Information about Schools), which records the type of SEN provision each school has and how many pupils are in a resourced provision or SEN unit. Resourced provision means extra staff and funding for a group of pupils who spend most of their time in ordinary classes. A SEN unit is a separate class within the school. Both need a place agreed by the council through an education, health and care plan; ask the council's SEND team, not the school's admissions office. The register is only as good as what schools report, so check with the school before relying on it.