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Schools with autism provision in Kent

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Kent has 40 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 21 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (40)

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
Ashford Oaks Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationResourced provision2-11Ashford18Good 20236
Bromstone Primary School, BroadstairsPrimary school · also hearing impairment, speech, language and communication, visual impairmentResourced provision4-11Broadstairs38No overall grade 20246
Cage Green Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Tonbridge19Good 202335
Copperfield AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Gravesend20Report card 202538
Ebbsfleet Green Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Swanscombe9Good 202397
Garlinge Primary School and NurseryPrimary school · also physical disabilityResourced provision3-11Margate26Good 202321
Halstead Community Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Sevenoaks19No overall grade 20257
Joy Lane Primary Foundation SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision1-11Whitstable36Good 202434
King's Farm Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Gravesend16Good 202445
Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Longfield37Requires improvement 20242
Leigh Academy Langley ParkPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Maidstone10Not inspected73
Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Margate23Good 20237
Martello PrimaryPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Folkestone16Good 202224
Oakfield Primary AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Dartford14Good 202176
Reculver Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication, visual impairmentResourced provision4-11Herne Bay7Not inspected38
St Nicholas Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11New Romney14Not inspected24
St. Edmund's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision4-11Sevenoaks9Good 202418
The Canterbury Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Canterbury24Good 20229
Thistle Hill AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Sheerness10No overall grade 202418
Valley Invicta Primary School At East BoroughPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Maidstone9Report card 202693
Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough LakesPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Snodland17No overall grade 202594
Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings HillPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11West Malling15No overall grade 202597
Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne ChasePrimary schoolResourced provision4-11West Malling17No overall grade 202596
Folkestone AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-19Folkestone10Report card 20269
Leigh Academy Hugh ChristieSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Tonbridge18Requires improvement 20237
Leigh Academy LongfieldSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Longfield45Good 202338
Leigh Academy WilmingtonSecondary schoolResourced provision11-19Wilmington17Outstanding 202378
Meopham SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Gravesend40Good 202331
Orchards AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Swanley6No overall grade 202542
Simon Langton Grammar School for BoysSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Canterbury41No overall grade 202489
St Anselm's Catholic School, CanterburySecondary school · also physical disabilityResourced provision11-18Canterbury29Good 202334
St Augustine AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Maidstone12Report card 202610
The Abbey SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision11-19Faversham86Report card 202625
The Canterbury AcademySecondary school · also hearing impairment, speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-19Canterbury58Report card 202623
The Holmesdale SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Snodland1No overall grade 202535
The Judd SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Tonbridge21No overall grade 202599
The Malling SchoolSecondary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-18West Malling124Good 202337
The Marsh AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-18New Romney20Good 202226
The North SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-19Ashford33Not inspected31
The Skinners' SchoolSecondary school · also visual impairmentResourced provision11-18Tunbridge Wells2Report card 202698

Special schools (21)

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
Aspire SchoolSpecial school · also speech, language and communicationSpecial school4-11Sittingbourne194 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Bower Grove SchoolSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school4-16Maidstone246 pupilsOutstanding 2019–
Broomhill Bank SchoolSpecial school · also speech, language and communicationSpecial school11-19Tunbridge Wells404 pupilsGood 2023–
Elms SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school5-16Dover131 pupilsGood 2023–
Five Acre Wood SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Maidstone871 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Goldwyn SchoolSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school10-19Ashford197 pupilsOutstanding 2022–
Grange Park SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school9-19Sevenoaks174 pupilsGood 2024–
Ifield SchoolSpecial school · also other needs, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-19Gravesend282 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Laleham Gap SchoolSpecial school · also speech, language and communicationSpecial school4-18Ramsgate253 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Leigh Academy MilestoneSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Longfield374 pupilsNot inspected–
Leigh Academy SnowfieldsSpecial schoolSpecial school11-18Maidstone355 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Meadowfield SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school4-19Sittingbourne396 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Nexus Foundation Special SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Tonbridge307 pupilsGood 2023–
Oakley SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Tunbridge Wells224 pupilsNot inspected–
Portal House SchoolSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school11-16Dover80 pupilsNot inspected–
St Anthony's SchoolSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school7-16Margate110 pupilsNot inspected–
St Nicholas' SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-19Canterbury402 pupilsGood 2024–
Stone Bay SchoolSpecial school · also severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-19Broadstairs108 pupilsGood 2024–
The Beacon FolkestoneSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school3-19Folkestone469 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
The Orchard SchoolSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationSpecial school7-16Canterbury119 pupilsReport card 2026–
The Wyvern School (Buxford)Special school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-19Ashford374 pupilsGood 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Kent

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.