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Schools with autism provision in Croydon

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Croydon has 13 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 4 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (13)

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
Broadmead Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Croydon20Good 202321
Castle Hill AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Croydon35Good 201971
Courtwood Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Croydon15Good 202235
Fairchildes Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficultiesResourced provision2-11Croydon33Outstanding 202485
Kensington Avenue Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Thornton Heath32Requires improvement 202312
Monks Orchard Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Croydon25Good 202358
Quest Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11South Croydon14Good 202322
Rowdown Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Croydon20No overall grade 202520
Tudor AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Croydon14Not inspected61
Winterbourne Nursery and Infants' SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairmentResourced provision3-7Thornton Heath12Good 202330
Meridian High SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Croydon68Good 202319
Oasis Academy ArenaSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16London7Report card 202618
Oasis Academy CoulsdonSecondary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision11-16Croydon28Good 202454

Special schools (4)

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
Bensham Manor SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19Thornton Heath246 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Priory SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19London140 pupilsGood 2024–
Red Gates SchoolSpecial school · also severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11South Croydon160 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
St Nicholas SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Purley273 pupilsRequires improvement 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Croydon

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.