Our schools
We have seven specialist, independent and free schools in the UK. We support children and young people in our specialist schools, aged from 4 to 21.
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Our brand new free autism-specific school in Lambeth is now open.
Telephone:
0208 0596 310
Email:
VanguardOffice@nas.org.uk
Address:
Vanguard School, Lollard Street,
Kennington,
Lambeth,
SE11 6QH

The Helen Allison School is part of the National Autistic Society which supports children and young people on the autism spectrum.
Telephone:
01474 814878
Email:
helen.allison@nas.org.uk
Address:
Helen Allison School, Longfield Road,
Kent,
Meopham,
DA13 0EW

An ambitious day school in Cheshire for children aged 4-19.
Telephone:
01270 877 601
Email:
admin@naschurchlawton.cheshire.sch.uk
Address:
Church Lawton School, Cherry Tree Avenue,
Church Lawton,
Stoke-on-Trent,
Staffordshire,
ST7 3EL

A large independent school for Autistic children and young people run by the National Autistic Society.
Telephone:
01709 874 443
Email:
robert.ogden@nas.org.uk
Address:
Robert Ogden School, Clayton Lane,
Thurnscoe,
South Yorkshire,
S63 0BG

Radlett Lodge School offers specialist provision for children and young people with autism and other associated needs. We work with children across the 4 to 19 age range, providing day placements for 43 and residential accommodation for 12. We also offer flexi-boarding to pupils attending the school.
Telephone:
01923 854922
Email:
radlett.lodge@nas.org.uk
Address:
Radlett Lodge School, Harper Lane,
Radlett,
Herts,
WD7 9HW

Sybil Elgar School is on two sites in the Acton and Southall areas of West London, and provides primary, secondary and 16-22 education.
Telephone:
020 8813 9168
Email:
sybil.elgar@nas.org.uk
Address:
Sybil Elgar School, Havelock Road,
Southall,
Middlesex,
UB2 4NY

Autism specialist for students in Reading aged 5-16.
Telephone:
0118 9424 750
Email:
thames.valley@nas.org.uk
Address:
Thames Valley School, 2 Conwy Close,
Tilehurst,
Reading,
Berkshire,
RG30 4BZ
Cullum centres
The National Autistic Society’s Cullum Centres help students on the autism spectrum get the support they need to thrive in a mainstream school setting. The centres will provide specialist support from trained staff, such as learning in small groups and therapies, and a calm setting to retreat to.
Specialist schools
We have been providing specialist autism education for more than 50 years, so no one understands autism better than we do. We have developed our education offer into a diverse network of independent and free schools, and programmes which are relied upon by hundreds of people across the UK.
EarlyBird training
Our EarlyBird family support programmes are for parents and carers, offering advice and guidance on strategies and approaches for supporting autistic children and young people.

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