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Schools with autism provision in Trafford

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Trafford has 10 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 (10)

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
Acre Hall Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficultiesSEN unit2-11Manchester30Requires improvement 20244
All Saints' Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreResourced provision3-11Sale4Report card 202687
Firs Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and moreSEN unit3-11Sale20No overall grade 202565
Moorlands Junior SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSEN unit and resourced provision7-11Sale40Good 202385
Oldfield Brow Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication, specific learning difficultiesSEN unit3-11Altrincham17Good 202481
Templemoor Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-7Sale9Good 202363
Wellfield Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit3-7Sale8Outstanding 202398
Wellfield Junior SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit7-11Sale10Good 202361
Lostock High SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Manchester28Report card 202612
Wellington SchoolSecondary school · also social, emotional and mental health, specific learning difficultiesResourced provision11-18Altrincham12Good 202284

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
Brentwood SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19Sale185 pupilsNot inspected–
Delamere SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-11Manchester135 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Longford Park SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationSpecial school4-11Manchester90 pupilsRequires improvement 2024–
Manor Academy SaleSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school11-19Sale205 pupilsGood 2024–
Pictor AcademySpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school2-11Timperley122 pupilsNot inspected–
St John Vianney RC SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school5-19Manchester124 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Trafford

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.