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Schools with autism provision in Leicestershire

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Leicestershire has 14 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 6 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
Wigston Menphys Nursery SchoolNursery school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision2-5Wigston49Good 2019–
All Saints Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit2-11Wigston20Requires improvement 20242
All Saints Church of England Primary School, SapcotePrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Leicester11Good 202324
Captains Close Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Melton Mowbray23No overall grade 202427
John Wycliffe Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit4-11Lutterworth15Good 202312
Newbold Verdon Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Leicester24Good 202414
St Botolph's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication, specific learning difficultiesResourced provision4-11Loughborough12Report card 202625
Thorpe Acre Junior SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit7-11Loughborough10Good 202333
Woodcote Primary SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit and resourced provision5-11Ashby-de-la-Zouch18Good 20226
Iveshead SchoolSecondary school · also social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision11-19Loughborough16No overall grade 202434
RawlinsSecondary school · also moderate learning difficultiesSEN unit11-18Loughborough60No overall grade 202433
The Robert Smyth AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-19Market Harborough16Good 202277
Thomas Estley Community CollegeSecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Leicester6No overall grade 202442
Wigston AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Wigston10Good 202221

Special schools (6)

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
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)Special school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school4-19Melton Mowbray246 pupilsGood 2024–
Dorothy Goodman School HinckleySpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school4-19Hinckley432 pupilsGood 2022–
Forest Way SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school3-19Coalville293 pupilsReport card 2026–
Maplewell Hall SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school11-19Loughborough326 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Sense College LoughboroughSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school16-25Loughborough– pupilsNot inspected–
Wigston Birkett House Community Special SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Leics250 pupilsGood 2022–
Other councilsAll schools in Leicestershire

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.