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Schools with autism provision in East Sussex

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. East Sussex has 16 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 11 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (16)

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
All Saints Church of England Primary School, BexhillPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSEN unit2-11Bexhill-on-Sea15Not inspected16
Chailey St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Lewes6No overall grade 202513
Churchwood Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit2-11St Leonards-on-Sea7Good 20228
Denton Community Primary School and NurseryPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Newhaven9Not inspected15
Grovelands Community Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Hailsham17Good 2020–
Manor Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairmentResourced provision4-11Uckfield9Good 202319
Meridian Community Primary School and NurseryPrimary schoolSEN unit2-11Peacehaven3Good 20248
Wallands Community Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Lewes13Good 202240
Bexhill High AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Bexhill-on-Sea10No overall grade 202534
Heathfield Community CollegeSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Heathfield14Good 202365
Mulberry Academy St LeonardsSecondary school · also physical disabilityResourced provision11-16St Leonards-on-Sea18No overall grade 2025–
Peacehaven Community SchoolSecondary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit11-16Peacehaven22Good 202339
Priory SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairmentResourced provision11-16Lewes8Good 202357
Robertsbridge Community CollegeSecondary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision11-16Robertsbridge16Inadequate 20240
The Eastbourne AcademySecondary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationSEN unit and resourced provision11-16Eastbourne22Report card 20267
Uckfield CollegeSecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Uckfield12Outstanding 202469

Special schools (11)

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
Cuckmere House SchoolSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school6-16Seaford92 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Glyne Gap SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-19Bexhill-on-Sea140 pupilsNot inspected–
Hazel Court SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19Eastbourne135 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
New Horizons School (Part of the Sabden Multi Academy Trust)Special school · also social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school5-16St Leonards-on-Sea80 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Saxon Mount SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school11-16St Leonards-on-Sea172 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
St Mary's SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school9-16Heathfield78 pupilsGood 2023–
St Mary's School and 6th Form CollegeSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school5-19Bexhill on Sea221 pupilsGood 2022–
The Lindfield SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school11-16Eastbourne123 pupilsNot inspected–
The Mount Camphill Community LtdSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school16-25Wadhurst– pupilsNot inspected–
The South Downs SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Eastbourne164 pupilsNot inspected–
Torfield SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Hastings97 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in East Sussex

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.