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Schools with autism provision in Tameside

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Tameside has 7 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 (7)

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
Dane Bank Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision3-11Stockport10Good 202445
Endeavour Primary AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Hyde12Good 202241
Greenside Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreResourced provision4-11Manchester22Good 202331
Rosehill Methodist Primary AcademyPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, other needs, social, emotional and mental health and moreSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Ashton-under-Lyne30Good 202318
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Manchester7No overall grade 202436
Dixons Pennine AcademySecondary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-16Stalybridge3Good 202410
St Thomas More RC CollegeSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Manchester15Good 202267

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
Oakdale SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-11Dukinfield167 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Samuel Laycock SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficultiesSpecial school11-17Ashton-Under-Lyne252 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

Registered for this need without a separate unit, so provision is within ordinary classes.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Ashton West End Primary AcademyPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationMainstream, listed for this need3-11Ashton-under-Lyne–Good 202332
Other councilsAll schools in Tameside

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.