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Schools with autism provision in Cambridgeshire

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Cambridgeshire has 7 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 5 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (7)

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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Buckden CofE Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision5-11St Neots11No overall grade 202527
Gamlingay Village PrimaryPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesResourced provision3-11Sandy12Good 202415
Spring Meadow Infant SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, other needs, speech, language and communication and moreSEN unit4-7Ely30Good 202415
The Grove Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Cambridge2Good 202322
Comberton Village CollegeSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Cambridge65No overall grade 202487
Melbourn Village CollegeSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Royston18No overall grade 202514
Witchford Village CollegeSecondary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision11-16Ely12Good 202347

Special schools (5)

Special schools take pupils with an education, health and care plan; the council names the school in the plan. Many cater for several needs.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Highfield Littleport AcademySpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school2-19Ely162 pupilsGood 2022–
Meadowgate AcademySpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school2-19Wisbech180 pupilsNot inspected–
Samuel Pepys SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school3-19St Neots138 pupilsNot inspected–
Spring Common AcademySpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Huntingdon211 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
The Martin Bacon AcademySpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school3-19Northstowe152 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Cambridgeshire

Other needs

Speech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilitySpecific learning difficultiesOther needs

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.