Schools with autism provision in North Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire has 8 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 (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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Brayton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	3-11	Selby	5	Good 2024	47
Cambrai Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	4-11	Catterick Garrison	6	Outstanding 2024	99
Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	3-11	Harrogate	11	Good 2023	14
Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Resourced provision	4-11	Knaresborough	49	Good 2024	64
Riverside School, TadcasterPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	3-11	Tadcaster	3	Report card 2026	33
St John Fisher Catholic AcademySecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and more	SEN unit	11-18	Harrogate	38	Good 2022	85
The Skipton AcademySecondary school	SEN unit	11-16	Skipton	12	Good 2023	33
Wensleydale SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-16	Leyburn	8	Report card 2026	46

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Breckenbrough SchoolSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental health	Special school	9-19	Thirsk	71 pupils	Good 2024	–
Brooklands SchoolSpecial school · also multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties	Special school	4-19	Skipton	126 pupils	Good 2024	–
Mowbray AcademySpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-16	Bedale	316 pupils	Good 2023	–
Springhead SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and more	Special school	2-19	Scarborough	109 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
Springwater AcademySpecial school · also multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	2-19	Harrogate	145 pupils	Good 2022	–
The Dales SchoolSpecial school · also multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Northallerton	71 pupils	Not inspected	–
The Forest SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	2-16	Knaresborough	155 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–
The Woodlands AcademySpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health	Special school	2-16	Scarborough	146 pupils	Good 2024	–
Welburn Hall SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties	Special school	8-19	York	127 pupils	Report card 2026	–

Other councils All schools in North Yorkshire

Other needs

Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual impairment Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability Specific learning difficulties Other 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.