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Schools with autism provision in West Berkshire

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. West Berkshire has 5 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 1 special school that caters for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (5)

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
Fir Tree Primary School and NurseryPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Newbury12Good 202221
Kennet Valley Primary SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision4-11Reading12Report card 202625
Theale C.E. Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Reading11No overall grade 202495
Theale Green SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Reading13Report card 202613
Trinity SchoolSecondary school · also specific learning difficultiesSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Newbury51Good 202440

Special schools (1)

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
The Castle SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school3-19Newbury228 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in West Berkshire

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.