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Schools with autism provision in Hertfordshire

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Hertfordshire has 9 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 17 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (9)

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
Downfield Primary SchoolPrimary school · also other needs, speech, language and communicationSEN unit2-11Waltham Cross12No overall grade 202413
Featherstone Wood Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision3-11Stevenage8Good 202231
Lordship Farm Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision3-11Letchworth Garden City3Report card 202667
Margaret Wix Primary SchoolPrimary school · also other needs, speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11St Albans12Not inspected59
Sauncey Wood Primary SchoolPrimary school · also other needs, speech, language and communicationSEN unit4-11Harpenden8No overall grade 202526
Swallow Dell Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesResourced provision3-11Welwyn Garden City12No overall grade 202554
Warren Dell Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision2-11Watford6Outstanding 202487
Avanti Grange Secondary SchoolSecondary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-18Bishops Stortford13No overall grade 202594
The Priory SchoolSecondary school · also other needs, speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-18Hitchin20Good 202255

Special schools (17)

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
Brandles SchoolSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school11-16Baldock71 pupilsGood 2024–
Breakspeare SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Abbots Langley157 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Colnbrook SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSpecial school4-11Watford130 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Garston Manor SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSpecial school11-16Watford175 pupilsGood 2022–
Greenside SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Stevenage197 pupilsNot inspected–
Lakeside SchoolSpecial school · also multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school2-19Welwyn Garden City115 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Middleton SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSpecial school4-11Ware113 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Pinewood SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSpecial school11-16Ware206 pupilsReport card 2026–
Southfield SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSpecial school4-11Hatfield108 pupilsGood 2024–
St Elizabeth's CentreSpecial schoolSpecial school16-25Hertfordshire– pupilsNot inspected–
St Elizabeth's SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, other needs, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school5-19Much Hadham64 pupilsGood 2023–
St Luke's SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSpecial school7-16St Albans182 pupilsGood 2023–
The Collett SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSpecial school4-16Hemel Hempstead128 pupilsGood 2024–
The Valley SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSpecial school11-16Stevenage193 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Watling View SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19St Albans115 pupilsNot inspected–
Woodfield SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school3-19Hemel Hempstead125 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Woolgrove School, Special Needs AcademySpecial school · also moderate learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Letchworth Garden City125 pupilsGood 2022–
Other councilsAll schools in Hertfordshire

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.