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  • Supporting successful transitions: from Prior’s Court to adult life (2025)

    Supporting successful transitions: from Prior’s Court to adult life (2025)

    How planning, collaboration and persistence shaped two young people’s journeys beyond Prior’s Court Read more

  • Community trips and a varied diet - James's progress (2024)

    Community trips and a varied diet - James's progress (2024)

    Read up on a case study showing the progress of young person James covering his 13 years at Prior's Court. Read more

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Young person progress and achievements

Prior's Court aims for autistic young people with complex needs to be healthy, happy, more independent and gain the skills to access the world of work.

Explore how young people at Prior's Court have been supported to make huge progress in these key areas.

Shenal's incredible progress since moving house (2026)

Shenal's incredible progress since moving house (2026)

See below to read a case study about Shenal, who joined Prior's Court in 2023 at the age of 10, and since moving home at the end of December 2025 has thrived. Read more

Published: 12th March, 2026

Updated: 24th April, 2026

Author: Bethany Daley-Franks

One young person's successful transition to the Young Adult Provision (2026)

One young person's successful transition to the Young Adult Provision (2026)

Below is the story of one young adult moving up to the Young Adult Provision and the collaborative work of different teams across Prior's Court ensured this transition was smooth and the young adult was settled. Read more

Published: 9th March, 2026

Author: Bethany Daley-Franks

Supporting successful transitions: from Prior’s Court to adult life (2025)

Supporting successful transitions: from Prior’s Court to adult life (2025)

How planning, collaboration and persistence shaped two young people’s journeys beyond Prior’s Court Read more

Published: 28th October, 2025

Updated: 30th October, 2025

Author: Dan Whiteway

Supporting religion as part of a young person's identity (2025)

Supporting religion as part of a young person's identity (2025)

At Prior's Court, we encourage the young people to explore their own identities in a safe and secure environment, and part of this is helping them to explore their religion. Read more

Published: 1st October, 2025

Updated: 9th March, 2026

Author: Bethany Daley-Franks

Celebrating Stan at his two year anniversary since starting at Prior's Court (2025)

Celebrating Stan at his two year anniversary since starting at Prior's Court (2025)

Celebrating the achievements of one young person supported by Prior's Court on his two-year anniversary of joining our School. Read more

Published: 9th January, 2025

Updated: 22nd January, 2025

Author: Bethany Daley-Franks

Community trips and a varied diet - James's progress (2024)

Community trips and a varied diet - James's progress (2024)

Read up on a case study showing the progress of young person James covering his 13 years at Prior's Court. Read more

Published: 3rd July, 2024

Updated: 9th January, 2025

Author: Dan Whiteway

Haircut successes (2024)

Haircut successes (2024)

A case study about how three of our young people were supported to achieve something amazing, and how receiving a hair cut at a proper barber shop is a huge milestone. Read more

Published: 5th April, 2024

Updated: 9th January, 2025

Author: Bethany Daley-Franks

Change can be good (2023)

Change can be good (2023)

A case study on how moving one of our young people into a different house has had a major positive impact on the number of incidents he has had in recent months. Read more

Published: 21st February, 2024

Updated: 9th January, 2025

Author: Bethany Daley-Franks

Using data to inform intervention after a stomach bug (2022)

Using data to inform intervention after a stomach bug (2022)

A case study demonstrating how our big data platform, Prior Insight, was used to identify how one of our young people developed an almost phobic response to food after a sickness bug, and what was done to support him in overcoming this. Read more

Published: 21st February, 2024

Updated: 9th January, 2025

Author: Bethany Daley-Franks

Getting creative to support a young person's move to a new home (2022)

Getting creative to support a young person's move to a new home (2022)

How video production was used to support a young person with complex autism to overcome anxieties around moving from our School to our Young Adult Provision. Read more

Published: 31st July, 2022

Updated: 21st February, 2024

Author: Dan Whiteway

How Prior Insight has helped with a medical diagnosis (2021)

How Prior Insight has helped with a medical diagnosis (2021)

find out how our big data platform, Prior Insight, was used to identify patterns of behaviour in one of our young people and determine that he was suffering with chronic migraines which were significantly impacing his quality of life. Read more

Published: 19th November, 2021

Updated: 19th May, 2025

Author: Bethany Daley-Franks

Working together for our young people (2021)

Working together for our young people (2021)

How consistency and planning was used to support one young person to manage his demand avoidance and be supported to live a more fulfilling life. Read more

Published: 17th November, 2021

Updated: 27th February, 2024

Author: Dan Whiteway

Blooming - using land-based vocational work to continue one young man's achievements (2021)

Blooming - using land-based vocational work to continue one young man's achievements (2021)

Like all young people at Prior's Court, our ambition for Felix is to be happy, healthy, independent, and able to access the world of work. One huge success in Felix's time at Prior's Court has been within the horticulture and animal care learning programmes, work which has positively impacted all four of the above ambitions. Read more

Published: 27th September, 2021

Updated: 21st February, 2024

Author: Dan Whiteway

Diving in - how Prior's Court staff revised one young person's passion for swimming (2021)

Diving in - how Prior's Court staff revised one young person's passion for swimming (2021)

In November 2020, after nearly 18 months of efforts, young person Tashelle was able to enter a swimming pool – a huge achievement both for her and the staff teams who supported her. Read more

Published: 14th January, 2021

Updated: 21st February, 2024

Author: Dan Whiteway

Using Virtual Reality to support a young person to go on holiday overseas (2020)

Using Virtual Reality to support a young person to go on holiday overseas (2020)

How Virtual Reality helped one young people with complex autism to have a family holiday abroad Read more

Published: 4th February, 2020

Updated: 19th December, 2023

Author: Dan Whiteway

The power of drumming and music in general to transform lives (2020)

The power of drumming and music in general to transform lives (2020)

How music has changed the lives of two young people with complex autism at Prior's Court Read more

Published: 22nd January, 2020

Updated: 19th December, 2023

Author: Dan Whiteway

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  • Dexter and Otto's hair cut success

    Dexter and Otto's hair cut success

    Earlier this month, two young people from Prior's Court achieved something major - they went for hair cuts out in the community. For a lot of autistic young people, haircuts can be an overwhelming experience - this is all the more so with the learning disabilities and other diagnoses of the young people we support.

  • Tanium enjoy a turf-filled day of volunteering

    Tanium enjoy a turf-filled day of volunteering

    Five familiar faces (and one new one) returned to Prior’s Court yesterday to take part in a day of volunteering, battling dirt, grass, lost shoes, ants, and changeable weather conditions! Despite all of that though, they maintained their enthusiastic energy and left much grubbier but with a sense of accomplishment.

  • Prior’s Court Foundation response to the Government’s SEND consultation

    Prior’s Court Foundation response to the Government’s SEND consultation

    As a specialist, not-for-profit organisation supporting autistic young people with what are generally seen as the most complex support needs, our response is grounded in our direct experience of this cohort of young people.

  • Henry's first holiday with Prior's Court

    Henry's first holiday with Prior's Court

    Henry from Dove Cottage enjoyed his first supported holiday with Prior's Court, joining Imprahim for four nights at Blackwood Forest near Winchester.

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  • Autism Practitioner

    Autism Practitioner

    We're looking for people with and without experience in care to join our dedicated support teams to help the autistic young people with complex needs we support to thrive.

  • Team Manager - Care

    Team Manager - Care

    Are you an inspiring leader passionate about making a difference in the lives of autistic young people with complex needs? We’re looking for Team Managers to guide our dedicated teams of Autism Practitioners and ensure that best practices are followed, leading to the best possible outcomes for those we support.

  • Our purpose and ambition

    Our purpose and ambition

    Our charity's purpose and ambition to transform the future for autistic young people with complex needs.

  • Admissions

    Admissions

    Find out more about joining Prior's Court School or Young Adult Provision for autistic young people with complex needs, including our admissions policies and process

  • The Long Road: Zac, Jenny and Peter's stories (2025)

    The Long Road: Zac, Jenny and Peter's stories (2025)

    “The Long Road; Stories of love, hope and autistic young people with complex needs” features current Prior’s Court young person Zac, and Prior’s Court ‘alumni’ Peter and Jenny, and their families. The film explores the challenges, perseverance and love that shape the lives of autistic young people with complex needs – and highlights how the right support can create lasting impact well into adulthood.

  • Autism Practitioner - Nights

    Autism Practitioner - Nights

    Our night teams play a key role in improving the sleep patterns of autsitic young people with complex needs and building their independence and life-skills.

  • Term dates

    Term dates

    Prior's Court School term dates and school times

  • Autism Practitioner - Weekends

    Autism Practitioner - Weekends

    We're looking for people with and without experience in care to join our teams working at the weekends to support autistic young people with complex needs.

  • Our story

    Our story

    The story of Prior's Court - an autism education charity inspired over 20 years ago by the experience of one parent and one autistic child.

  • Minibus transport service for staff

    Minibus transport service for staff

    We offer our Autism Practitioners minibus transport service to and from our rural site, meaning you do not need to be able to drive to work at Prior's Court.

Why we exist

Why we exist

All young people at Prior's Court are autistic, have severe learning disabilities and complex needs. We strive to help them to be healthy, happy, more independent and have the opportunity to work. We aspire to transform the lives of even more autistic young people with complex needs and continually push forward with improvements and innovations to provide the best possible care. This is why we exist. Read more

Published: 24th February, 2021

Updated: 2nd April, 2024

Author: Rachel Drinkwater

General donations

General donations

Every donation to Prior's Court, no matter how big or small, will help build a brighter future for autistic children and young people with complex needs. We are incredibly grateful for your support, thank you. For major gifts, please contact us directly. Read more

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Published: 4th November, 2025

Updated: 23rd April, 2026

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