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Schools with autism provision in Hampshire

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Hampshire has 21 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 12 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (21)

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
Lanterns Nursery School and Extended ServicesNursery school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision2-5Winchester36Outstanding 2023–
Queen Mary's CollegeSixth form / post-16 · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreSEN unit16-19Basingstoke60Not inspected–
Ashley Infant SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision4-7New Milton32Not inspected–
Fleet Infant SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-7Fleet6Good 202258
Guillemont Junior SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision7-11Farnborough28No overall grade 202553
Holbrook Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Gosport36No overall grade 20259
Morelands Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision4-11Waterlooville24Good 202213
Newtown Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Gosport8Good 201919
Pinewood Infant SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision5-7Farnborough23Report card 202667
Tiptoe Primary SchoolPrimary school · also severe learning difficultiesResourced provision5-11Lymington16Good 202266
Tweseldown Infant SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-7Fleet7Good 202362
Velmead Junior SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision7-11Fleet4Good 202393
Wildground Infant SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationResourced provision2-7Southampton12Good 202321
Wildground Junior SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit and resourced provision7-11Southampton16Not inspected76
Applemore CollegeSecondary school · also specific learning difficultiesResourced provision11-16Southampton19No overall grade 202416
Crofton SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Fareham12Report card 202622
Crookhorn CollegeSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Waterlooville6No overall grade 202444
Horndean Technology CollegeSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Waterlooville18No overall grade 202471
Robert May's SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Hook14Good 202251
The Cowplain SchoolSecondary school · also specific learning difficultiesResourced provision11-16Waterlooville11Good 202431
The Romsey SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Romsey13Good 202347

Special schools (12)

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
Forest Park SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19Southampton147 pupilsGood 2022–
Henry Tyndale SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Farnborough178 pupilsOutstanding 2022–
Hollywater SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability and moreSpecial school4-19Bordon160 pupilsGood 2023–
Icknield SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability and moreSpecial school3-19Andover93 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Oak Lodge SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficultiesSpecial school11-16Southampton173 pupilsGood 2023–
Osborne SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school11-19Winchester220 pupilsOutstanding 2022–
Prospect SchoolSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school11-16Havant87 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Rachel Madocks SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Waterlooville104 pupilsGood 2023–
Riverside Community Special SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school3-11Waterlooville157 pupilsGood 2023–
Samuel Cody SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-16Farnborough352 pupilsReport card 2026–
Shepherds Down Special SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSpecial school4-11Winchester198 pupilsGood 2023–
St Francis Special SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Fareham115 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Hampshire

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.