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Schools with autism provision in South Gloucestershire

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. South Gloucestershire has 5 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (5)

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
Blackhorse Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Bristol23Report card 202574
Lyde Green Primary SchoolPrimary school · also severe learning difficultiesSEN unit4-11Bristol16Good 202421
Abbeywood Community SchoolSecondary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-19Bristol24No overall grade 202560
Chipping Sodbury SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Bristol13Good 202246
Hanham Woods AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Bristol50Good 201937

Special schools (2)

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
SGS Pegasus SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school4-18Bristol134 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Two Bridges AcademySpecial school · also physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Alveston77 pupilsNot inspected–
Other councilsAll schools in South Gloucestershire

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.