Schools with autism provision in Nottinghamshire

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Nottinghamshire has 4 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 (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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Holgate Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and more	Resourced provision	2-11	Hucknall	80	Good 2023	–
Leverton Church of England AcademyPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, social, emotional and mental health and more	Resourced provision	2-11	Retford	1	Good 2023	57
Prospect Hill Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Resourced provision	3-7	Worksop	14	Good 2024	36
Selston High SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and more	Resourced provision	11-16	Nottingham	56	Not inspected	15

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
Ash Lea AcademySpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	3-18	Cotgrave	– pupils	Not inspected	–
Bracken Hill SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	4-18	Nottingham	176 pupils	Good 2021	–
Carlton Digby SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	4-18	Nottingham	97 pupils	Outstanding 2020	–
Horizons AcademySpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	7-19	Mansfield	0 pupils	Not inspected	–
Newark Orchard SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficulties	Special school	3-18	Newark	– pupils	Not inspected	–
Redgate Primary AcademySpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficulties and more	Special school	3-11	Mansfield	58 pupils	Report card 2026	–
St Giles SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	3-18	Retford	241 pupils	Not inspected	–
The Beech AcademySpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties	Special school	11-19	Mansfield	111 pupils	Good 2023	–
Yeoman Park AcademySpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more	Special school	3-19	Mansfield	141 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

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

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Whitegates CollegeSixth form / post-16	Mainstream, listed for this need	16-25	Worksop	–	Not inspected	–

Other councils All schools in Nottinghamshire

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.