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Schools with autism provision in North Northamptonshire

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. North Northamptonshire has 11 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 5 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (11)

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
Croyland Nursery School & Day NurseryNursery school · also moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSEN unit0-4Wellingborough12Not inspected–
Beanfield Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreSEN unit3-11Corby55Good 202216
Croyland Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit5-11Wellingborough9Good 202115
Denfield Park Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Rushden16Good 202334
Studfall Infant AcademyPrimary school · also severe learning difficultiesResourced provision3-7Corby18Good 202224
Studfall Junior AcademyPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreResourced provision7-11Corby30Good 202230
Thrapston Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Kettering14Good 20228
Corby Business AcademySecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreSEN unit11-18Corby99Good 202336
Kingswood Secondary AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Corby12Not inspected43
Southfield School for GirlsSecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Kettering16Good 202341
Wollaston SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Wellingborough12Good 202348

Special schools (5)

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
Friars AcademySpecial schoolSpecial school11-18Wellingborough149 pupilsNot inspected–
Isebrook SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school11-19Kettering238 pupilsGood 2023–
Kingsley Special AcademySpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Kettering165 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Rowan Gate Primary School - Four SitesSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school4-11Wellingborough309 pupilsNot inspected–
Wren Spinney SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school11-18Kettering96 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in North Northamptonshire

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.