Last updated:
10th April 2026
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.
- Ambleside Nurseries for children aged 0 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 |
| Emmbrook Infant School | Hearing loss | 4 to 7 |
| Emmbrook Junior School | Hearing loss | 7 to 11 |
| Highwood Primary School |
Speech and language
|
4 to 11
|
| Lambs Lane Primary School | Complex physical and medical needs | 4 to 11 |
| Loddon Primary School | Social communication needs | 4 to 11 |
| Radstock Primary School | Complex speech, language and social communication needs | 4 to 11 |
| Walter Infant School | Autism and associated additional needs | Opening in September 2026, offering places for children in Reception. |
| St Paul's C of E Junior School | Autism and associated additional needs | Opening in September 2026, offering places for children in Year 4. |
| Winnersh Primary School | Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs | Opening in September 2026, offering places for children in Reception to Year 3. |
Secondary schools with resource bases
| School name | Special educational need | Age range |
| Maiden Erlegh School | Autism | 11 to 16 |
