Schools with autism provision in Reading

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Reading has 6 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 0 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (6)

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
New Bridge Nursery SchoolNursery school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	SEN unit and resourced provision	2-5	Reading	20	Outstanding 2023	–
Norcot Early Years CentreNursery school · also moderate learning difficulties, other needs, social, emotional and mental health and more	Resourced provision	2-5	Reading	18	Outstanding 2024	–
Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	Reading	15	Report card 2026	12
Southcote Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	4-11	Reading	4	Good 2023	14
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-18	Reading	20	Good 2023	53
The WREN SchoolSecondary school	SEN unit	11-19	Reading	12	Report card 2026	42

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
New Christ Church Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication	Mainstream, listed for this need	4-11	Reading	–	Good 2022	60

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.