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Schools with autism provision in Newcastle upon Tyne

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Newcastle upon Tyne has 8 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 (8)

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
Atkinson Road Primary AcademyPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision2-11Newcastle-upon-Tyne16Good 202354
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, FenhamPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Newcastle-upon-Tyne7Good 202450
Kenton Bar Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Newcastle-upon-Tyne6No overall grade 202528
Tyneview Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Newcastle-upon-Tyne10Report card 202680
West Walker Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreResourced provision2-11Newcastle-upon-Tyne6Not inspected10
Benfield SchoolSecondary school · also physical disabilitySEN unit and resourced provision11-16Newcastle-upon-Tyne30No overall grade 20253
Kenton SchoolSecondary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and moreSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Newcastle-upon-Tyne48No overall grade 20257
Walker Riverside AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Newcastle-upon-Tyne12No overall grade 20247

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
Hadrian SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-11Newcastle-upon-Tyne167 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Northern Counties SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school3-19Newcastle-upon-Tyne89 pupilsGood 2024–
Thomas Bewick SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school3-19Newcastle-upon-Tyne383 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Newcastle upon Tyne

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.