Schools with autism provision in Cumberland

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Cumberland has 10 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 1 special school that caters for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (10)

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
All Saints' CofE SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	2-11	Cockermouth	13	No overall grade 2025	–
Ashfield Junior SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	7-11	Workington	3	Requires improvement 2024	7
Ellenborough AcademyPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	2-7	Maryport	6	Good 2024	86
Hensingham Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	Whitehaven	12	Good 2024	22
Kingmoor Nursery and Infant SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	3-7	Carlisle	10	Good 2023	62
St James' Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental health	Resourced provision	4-11	millom	9	Good 2023	57
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	4-11	Cleator Moor	11	Good 2019	56
Wigton Nursery and Infant SchoolPrimary school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties	Resourced provision	3-7	Wigton	6	Good 2023	55
Caldew SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-18	Carlisle	–	Good 2022	45
Cockermouth SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-18	Cockermouth	32	Good 2024	65

Special schools (1)

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

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Branthwaite AcademySpecial school	Special school	4-19	Workington	74 pupils	No overall grade 2024	–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

Registered for this need without a separate unit, so provision is within ordinary classes.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Great Corby School and NurseryPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and more	Mainstream, listed for this need	3-11	Carlisle	–	Good 2024	84

Other councils All schools in Cumberland

Other needs

Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual impairment Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability Specific learning difficulties Other 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.