Schools with autism provision in Wakefield

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Wakefield has 7 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 4 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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Methodist Voluntary Controlled Junior, Infant and Nursery School: With Communication ResourcePrimary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	3-11	Wakefield	10	Good 2023	46
Newlands Primary SchoolPrimary school · also other needs, speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	3-11	Normanton	14	No overall grade 2025	3
Northfield Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	3-11	Pontefract	20	Requires improvement 2022	91
Carleton High SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-16	Pontefract	20	Not inspected	59
St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary AcademySecondary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	11-16	Wakefield	20	Good 2023	62
St Wilfrid's Catholic High School & Sixth Form College: A Voluntary AcademySecondary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	11-18	Pontefract	20	Report card 2026	46
The Featherstone AcademySecondary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	11-16	Pontefract	19	Good 2022	35

Special schools (4)

Special schools take pupils with an education, health and care plan; the council names the school in the plan. Many cater for several needs.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
High Well SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication	Special school	9-16	Pontefract	104 pupils	Good 2022	–
Highfield SchoolSpecial school · also severe learning difficulties	Special school	11-19	Ossett	210 pupils	Good 2023	–
Kingsland Primary SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-11	Wakefield	201 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
Oakfield Park SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	11-19	Pontefract	176 pupils	Outstanding 2019	–

Other councils All schools in Wakefield

Other needs

Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual impairment Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability Specific learning difficulties Other 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.