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Schools with autism provision in Cheshire East

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Cheshire East has 11 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (11)

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
Excalibur Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreResourced provision4-11Stoke-on-Trent7Good 202384
Handforth Grange Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Wilmslow7Outstanding 202490
Hermitage Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Crewe6Good 202366
Ivy Bank Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Macclesfield14Good 202350
Marlfields Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreResourced provision3-11Congleton7Requires improvement 20243
Puss Bank School and NurseryPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Macclesfield12Report card 202622
Shavington Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Crewe12Good 202473
Wistaston AcademyPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Crewe32Outstanding 202490
Middlewich High SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Middlewich15Good 202247
Shavington AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Shavington10Good 202359
Wilmslow High SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairmentResourced provision11-18Wilmslow21Not inspected68

Special schools (2)

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
Park Lane SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school4-19Macclesfield151 pupilsGood 2024–
Springfield SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability and moreSpecial school4-19Crewe303 pupilsNot inspected–
Other councilsAll schools in Cheshire East

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.