Schools with autism provision in Wirral

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Wirral has 15 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 7 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (15)

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
Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family CentreNursery school · also speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties	SEN unit and resourced provision	2-5	Wirral	155	Outstanding 2024	–
Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	3-11	Birkenhead	24	Good 2023	21
Brackenwood Junior SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health	Resourced provision	7-11	Wirral	13	Good 2023	78
Chapelhill Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	3-11	Wirral	22	Requires improvement 2020	0
Devonshire Park Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	SEN unit and resourced provision	3-11	Birkenhead	36	Not inspected	10
Eastway Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	2-11	Wirral	32	Good 2022	8
Fender Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	4-11	Wirral	30	Report card 2026	4
Grove Street Primary SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental health	SEN unit	2-11	Wirral	46	Good 2022	8
Stanton Road Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	2-11	Wirral	3	Report card 2026	35
West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Resourced provision	4-11	Wirral	–	No overall grade 2024	–
Hilbre High SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Resourced provision	11-18	Wirral	30	Report card 2026	9
St John Plessington Catholic CollegeSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-18	Wirral	12	Good 2022	22
St Mary's Catholic College, A Voluntary AcademySecondary school	Resourced provision	11-18	Wallasey	26	Report card 2026	5
Wirral Grammar School for BoysSecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and more	Resourced provision	11-18	Wirral	10	Good 2022	90
Woodchurch High SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-16	Wirral	30	No overall grade 2025	27

Special schools (7)

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
Clare Mount Specialist Sports CollegeSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties	Special school	11-19	Leasowe	461 pupils	Report card 2026	–
Elleray Park SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-11	Wallasey	222 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
Foxfield SchoolSpecial school · also multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	11-19	Woodchurch	242 pupils	Good 2023	–
Hayfield SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication	Special school	4-11	Wirral	175 pupils	Good 2023	–
Orrets Meadow SchoolSpecial school · also speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties	Special school	5-11	Wirral	94 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
Stanley SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-11	Wirral	183 pupils	Good 2023	–
West Kirby School and CollegeSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental health	Special school	5-19	Wirral	115 pupils	Outstanding 2021	–

Other councils All schools in Wirral

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.