Schools with autism provision in Gloucestershire

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Gloucestershire has 6 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 7 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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Chesterton Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	SEN unit	2-11	Cirencester	10	No overall grade 2025	27
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	4-11	Cheltenham	8	Outstanding 2023	91
Gastrells Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and more	Resourced provision	4-11	Stroud	6	No overall grade 2025	17
Ruardean Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	4-11	Ruardean	–	Good 2023	8
Willow Primary AcademyPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	SEN unit	4-11	Gloucester	30	Good 2024	2
The Dean AcademySecondary school	Resourced provision	11-16	Lydney	10	Report card 2026	36

Special schools (7)

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
Alderman Knight SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, other needs, speech, language and communication	Special school	7-19	Tewkesbury	238 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
Battledown SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	2-11	Cheltenham	64 pupils	Good 2024	–
Bettridge SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	2-19	Cheltenham	145 pupils	Good 2022	–
Heart of the Forest Community Special SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	4-19	Coleford	160 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–
Paternoster SchoolSpecial school · also physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficulties and more	Special school	2-17	Cirencester	66 pupils	Good 2023	–
Sladewood AcademySpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more	Special school	4-11	Stroud	64 pupils	Not inspected	–
The Milestone SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more	Special school	2-16	Gloucester	322 pupils	No overall grade 2024	–

Other councils All schools in Gloucestershire

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.