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Schools with autism provision in Swindon

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Swindon has 9 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 (9)

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
Eldene Nursery and Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision3-11Swindon20Good 202215
Kingfisher CE AcademyPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and moreSEN unit2-11Swindon11Requires improvement 202416
Oaktree Nursery and Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit2-11Swindon24Not inspected2
Ruskin Junior SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision7-11Swindon8Good 202248
Westlea Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit and resourced provision2-11Swindon37Good 202317
Kingsdown SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Swindon15Good 202029
Lydiard Park AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Swindon14Good 202361
The Deanery CofE AcademySecondary school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and moreSEN unit11-18Swindon12Inadequate 202313
The Ridgeway School & Sixth Form CollegeSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Swindon21Good 202374

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
Brimble Hill Special SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-11Swindon124 pupilsGood 2023–
Churchward SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school11-19Swindon139 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Swindon

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.