Last updated:
1st April 2025
Support for specific needs and resource bases
Some mainstream schools have support for specific needs available.
Children with hearing loss
These mainstream nurseries and schools are acoustically treated. This means the rooms have been adapted to create a better listening environment.
The Ambleside Centre Meadows Nursery for children aged 3 to 5 years.
Emmbrook Infant School for children aged 4 to 7 years.
Emmbrook Junior School for children aged 7 to 11 years.
Resource bases
Some mainstream schools have resource bases.
These provide support for children and young people with:
- an EHCP
- specific special educational needs (SEN).
Children and young people who attend a resource base may split their time between specialist spaces and mainstream classes. This depends on the child or young person's needs and the way support is provided at the school.
Primary schools with resource bases
| School name | Special educational need | Age range |
| Highwood Primary School | Speech and language | 4 to 11 |
| Emmbrook Infant School | Hearing loss | 4 to 7 |
| Emmbrook Junior School | Hearing loss | 7 to 11 |
| Lambs Lane Primary School | Complex needs and physical disabilities | 4 to 11 |
| Radstock Primary School | Autism |
Opened in September 2024. Over the next few years, it will provide places for children aged 4 to 11 years. |
| Loddon Primary School | Social communication needs |
Opened in September 2024. Over the next few years, it will provide places for children aged 4 to 11 years. |
Secondary schools with resource bases
| School name | Special educational need | Age range |
| Maiden Erlegh School | Autism | 11 to 16 |
