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Schools with autism provision in Sefton

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Sefton has 11 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 6 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
Cambridge Nursery SchoolNursery school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision2-4Liverpool6Report card 2026–
Greenacre Community Nursery SchoolNursery school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision2-5Bootle12Good 2024–
Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit2-11Southport14Good 202311
Freshfield Primary SchoolPrimary school · also severe learning difficultiesSEN unit3-11Liverpool30Outstanding 202493
Hudson Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Liverpool39Good 202342
Marshside Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Southport24Good 202337
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision2-11Southport26Not inspected18
The Grange Primary SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Bootle62Good 20233
Waterloo Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficultiesSEN unit2-11Liverpool43Good 202216
Meols Cop High SchoolSecondary school · also specific learning difficultiesResourced provision11-16Southport21Good 202339
St Michaels Church of England AcademySecondary school · also specific learning difficultiesSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Crosby28Inadequate 20240

Special schools (6)

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
Arden CollegeSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school16-25– pupilsNot inspected–
Crosby High SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability and moreSpecial school11-16Liverpool173 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Merefield SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school3-19Southport116 pupilsNot inspected–
Peterhouse SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school5-19Southport70 pupilsReport card 2026–
Presfield High School and Specialist CollegeSpecial schoolSpecial school11-19Southport132 pupilsGood 2023–
Rowan Park SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school3-19Liverpool325 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Sefton

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.