Secondary school for very bright autistic girl

[BothOfUs]

Hi, looking for a secondary school to support my very bright autistic daughter. She struggles with some demand avoidance and socially, so currently hates school. We'll be moving, probably to London or Birmingham area and looking for a school that is supportive, but also offers a wide range of subjects to a high level (a lot of specialist schools seem to offer a limited range). I'm wondering if the LA might support a small independent school, if that might be better? Or a larger school with good support and many other children with similar profiles, so she finds her people? Has anyone any recommendations? Need to decide where to move soon, so that we can get EHCP in place before secondary.

My friends daughter who faced similar challenges is really enjoying Autism School in Sussex | Learning Without Limits | LVS Hassocks It's commutable to London. They did have to fight for funding from the LA (which is probably standard now).

Thanks @May09Bump I'm wondering if a supportive mainstream may be a better fit than a specialist school.

DD is a supportive mainstream, not in the areas you are looking at. They are brilliant but that doesn't stop it having 250+ students a year and whilst it's in a new building with wide corridors it's still really busy and noisy.

Can you afford a fee paying school? I'd look at a girls day school, DD got a place but we couldn't afford to take it up they had 250 students in the entire school and the atmosphere was very calm.