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Schools with autism provision in Leicester

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Leicester has 14 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 3 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (14)

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
Braunstone Frith Primary AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Leicester12Good 202415
Catherine Infant SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-7Leicester10Outstanding 201979
Imperial Avenue Infant SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-7Leicester22Good 202331
Inglehurst Junior SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit7-11Leicester18Good 202342
Kestrel Mead Primary AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Leicester9Good 202475
King Richard III Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-7Leicester10Requires improvement 20243
Overdale Infant SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-7Leicester3No overall grade 202532
Overdale Junior SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit7-11Leicester5Good 202275
Rushey Mead Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Leicester10Good 202452
Sandfield Close Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Leicester12No overall grade 202462
Shenton Primary SchoolPrimary school · also other needsSEN unit3-11Leicester9Good 202014
Spinney Hill Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Leicester12Good 202267
Stokes Wood Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Leicester14Good 202376
The City of Leicester CollegeSecondary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit11-19Leicester20Report card 202674

Special schools (3)

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
Ellesmere CollegeSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-19Leicester441 pupilsReport card 2026–
Oaklands Mead AcademySpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Leicester– pupilsNot inspected–
West Gate SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-19Leicester199 pupilsReport card 2026–
Other councilsAll schools in Leicester

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.