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Schools with autism provision in Somerset

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Somerset 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
Bridgwater College AcademyAll-through school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision3-16Bridgwater19Report card 20261
Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, specific learning difficultiesSEN unit2-11Radstock4Report card 202514
Brookside Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSEN unit3-11Street51Good 202328
Dulverton Junior SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit7-11Dulverton1No overall grade 20258
Holway Park Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit4-11Taunton50Good 201915
Northgate Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSEN unit2-11Bridgwater7Report card 202667
Oaklands Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Yeovil14Good 202471
Westover Green Community School and Autism CentrePrimary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision4-11Bridgwater15Report card 202612
Monkton Wood AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Taunton25Inadequate 20232
Preston School AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Yeovil17Good 202360
St Dunstan's SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Glastonbury11Good 202450

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
Avalon SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school11-19Street81 pupilsGood 2023–
Critchill Special SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-19Frome96 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Fairmead SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficultiesSpecial school4-19Yeovil152 pupilsGood 2023–
Polden Bower SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school4-19Bridgwater260 pupilsGood 2024–
Selworthy Special SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-19Taunton204 pupilsGood 2023–
The Mendip SchoolSpecial school · also speech, language and communicationSpecial school4-19Shepton Mallet151 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Somerset

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.