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Schools with autism provision in Norfolk

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Norfolk has 21 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 9 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (21)

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
Bluebell Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Norwich10Not inspected34
Cromer Junior SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficultiesResourced provision7-11Cromer12Good 202320
Drake Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Thetford16Report card 20267
Edward Worlledge Ormiston AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Great Yarmouth16Good 20239
Firside Junior SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationResourced provision7-11Norwich17Not inspected33
Greyfriars AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Kings Lynn4Requires improvement 20242
Happisburgh Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision4-11Norwich5Requires improvement 20213
Lakenham Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision3-11Norwich10Good 202416
Millfield Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11North Walsham16Not inspected4
Nelson AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Downham Market10Good 202226
Redcastle Family SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficultiesSEN unit2-11Thetford32Good 202257
Sprowston Infant SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-7Norwich26Good 202031
Acle AcademySecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreResourced provision11-16Norwich61Good 202249
Cromer AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Cromer15Good 202373
Dereham Neatherd High SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Dereham25No overall grade 202527
Marshland High SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision11-16Wisbech118Good 202466
North Walsham High SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16North Walsham–Good 202356
Springwood High SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit11-18King's Lynn–Good 202257
Stalham High SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Norwich20Good 202429
The Open AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-19Norwich13Good 202316
The Thetford AcademySecondary school · also moderate learning difficulties, other needs, social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision11-19Thetford25Good 202041

Special schools (9)

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
Chapel Green SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school3-19Old Buckenham199 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Fred Nicholson SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school3-19Swaffham195 pupilsNot inspected–
Hall SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school3-19Norwich97 pupilsGood 2024–
Harford Manor School, NorwichSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, other needs, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-19Norwich110 pupilsGood 2023–
John Grant School, Caister-on-SeaSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school4-19Great Yarmouth198 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Sheringham Woodfields SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school3-19Sheringham160 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Sidestrand Hall SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school7-19Cromer199 pupilsGood 2023–
The Parkside School, NorwichSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school7-18Norwich199 pupilsNot inspected–
The Wherry SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school4-19Norwich134 pupilsReport card 2026–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (2)

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

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Castle Acre Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary school · also severe learning difficultiesMainstream, listed for this need5-11King's Lynn–Not inspected5
Nelson Infant SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationMainstream, listed for this need3-7Norwich–Good 202327
Other councilsAll schools in Norfolk

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.