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Schools with autism provision in Southend-on-Sea

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Southend-on-Sea has 8 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 (8)

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
Blenheim Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Leigh-on-Sea12Outstanding 202082
Greenways Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Southend-on-Sea1No overall grade 202522
Hamstel Infant School and NurseryPrimary schoolSEN unit3-7Southend-on-Sea3Not inspected–
Temple Sutton Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Southend-on-Sea12Good 202330
Thorpedene Primary School & NurseryPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Southend-on-Sea7No overall grade 20253
Chase High SchoolSecondary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Westcliff-on-Sea24Report card 20269
Shoeburyness High SchoolSecondary school · also moderate learning difficultiesResourced provision11-18Southend-on-Sea6Good 202410
Southend High School for BoysSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Southend-on-Sea13Outstanding 202498

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
St Nicholas SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficultiesSpecial school11-16Southend-on-Sea108 pupilsReport card 2026–
The St Christopher SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school3-19Leigh-on-Sea270 pupilsGood 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Southend-on-Sea

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.