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Schools with autism provision in Gateshead

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Gateshead has 6 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 (6)

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
Bede Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and moreResourced provision4-11Gateshead21Not inspected52
Birtley East Community Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Birtley3Not inspected45
Lobley Hill Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Gateshead8Not inspected46
Swalwell Primary SchoolPrimary school · also physical disabilitySEN unit3-11Newcastle-upon-Tyne13Good 202312
Thorp AcademySecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision11-18Ryton10Good 202441
Whickham SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Newcastle-upon-Tyne16No overall grade 202574

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
Gibside SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school3-11Gateshead211 pupilsOutstanding 2022–
Hill Top SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school11-19Gateshead127 pupilsGood 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Gateshead

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.