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Schools with autism provision in Lancashire

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Lancashire has 9 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 (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
Basnett Street Nursery SchoolNursery school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision3-5Burnley106No overall grade 2025–
Barden Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit and resourced provision4-11Burnley32Good 202448
Carnforth Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit4-11Carnforth16Good 202421
Clifton Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, speech, language and communicationResourced provision4-11Lytham St Annes9Good 202423
Delph Side Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Skelmersdale14No overall grade 202481
Highfield Community Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit5-11Chorley18Good 201968
Morecambe Bay Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Morecambe8Report card 20261
Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary SchoolPrimary school · also multi-sensory impairment, speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Accrington6Good 202340
Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Padiham, Burnley16Requires improvement 20248

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
Acorns Primary SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-11Preston93 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Bleasdale SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-19Carnforth88 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Broadfield Specialist SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school11-19Burnley267 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Chorley Astley Park SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-16Chorley161 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Hillside Specialist School and CollegeSpecial schoolSpecial school3-19Preston117 pupilsGood 2024–
Holly Grove SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-11Burnley138 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Kingsbury Primary Special SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school2-11Skelmersdale132 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Kirkham Pear Tree SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-19Preston112 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Mayfield SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school4-19Chorley133 pupilsGood 2022–
Morecambe Road SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school3-16Morecambe224 pupilsGood 2023–
Oswaldtwistle White Ash SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school2-11Accrington118 pupilsNot inspected–
Pendle Community High School & CollegeSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school11-19Nelson166 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Pendle View Primary SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-11Colne132 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special SchoolSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationSpecial school5-11Rossendale116 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Ridgewood Community High SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school11-19Burnley192 pupilsGood 2023–
Sir Tom Finney Community High SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school11-19Preston255 pupilsGood 2023–
The Coppice SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school2-19Preston64 pupilsGood 2024–
The Loyne Specialist SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school4-19Lancaster121 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
The Rose SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school11-16Burnley88 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school2-19Blackpool141 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
West Lancashire Community High SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school11-19Skelmersdale176 pupilsGood 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Lancashire

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.