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Schools with autism provision in Medway

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Medway has 4 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (4)

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
Leigh Academy Hundred of HooAll-through schoolSEN unit4-19Rochester59Good 202452
Hoo St Werburgh Primary School and the MarlboroughPrimary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision2-11Rochester174Good 202411
Riverside Primary SchoolPrimary school · also visual impairmentResourced provision3-11Gillingham17Good 201944
Leigh Academy StroodSecondary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision11-19Rochester10Report card 202646

Special schools (2)

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
Danecourt SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-11Gillingham291 pupilsNot inspected–
Rivermead SchoolSpecial school · also physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationSpecial school4-16Gillingham163 pupilsGood 2024–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

Registered for this need without a separate unit, so provision is within ordinary classes.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Chatham GrammarSecondary schoolMainstream, listed for this need11-18Chatham–Good 202387
Other councilsAll schools in Medway

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.