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Schools with autism provision in Devon

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Devon has 10 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 (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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and moreResourced provision2-11Torrington20No overall grade 20248
Ilfracombe Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision7-11Ilfracombe8No overall grade 20249
Manor Primary School, IvybridgePrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Ivybridge8No overall grade 202518
Newport Community School Primary AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Barnstaple10No overall grade 202528
Northlew and Ashbury Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit and resourced provision2-11Okehampton16Good 202225
Okehampton Primary School and Foundation UnitPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit2-11Okehampton8Good 20227
King Edward VI Community CollegeSecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Totnes7Not inspected43
Pilton Community CollegeSecondary school · also physical disabilityResourced provision11-16Barnstaple9Good 202338
South Dartmoor Community CollegeSecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Ashburton–No overall grade 202464
Tiverton High SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision11-16Tiverton16No overall grade 2024–

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
Castlebridge SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school7-16Tavistock19 pupilsNot inspected–
Mill Water SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school3-19Budleigh Salterton119 pupilsGood 2023–
The Lampard Community SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school5-16Barnstaple196 pupilsGood 2023–
The Promise SchoolSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school4-16Okehampton79 pupilsReport card 2026–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

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

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Exmouth Community CollegeSecondary school · also social, emotional and mental healthMainstream, listed for this need11-18Exmouth–Requires improvement 202414
Other councilsAll schools in Devon

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.