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Best Special Needs Schools in Ashburn, Virginia (2026)

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Guidepost Montessori at Broadlands

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4.0(1 review)Ashburn, VAAges 0-16

Guidepost Montessori at Broadlands is a Montessori early childhood campus at 42945 Waxpool Road in Ashburn, Virginia, just off the Dulles Greenway and north of Brambleton. It serves families across Leesburg, Sterling, Brambleton, Lansdowne, and greater Loudoun County, and is open Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The campus offers AMS-certified Montessori programs for children ages 6 weeks to 6 years: Nido for 6 weeks to 16 months, Toddler for 16 months to 3 years, and Children's House for ages 3 to 6. The third year of Children's House serves as a capstone kindergarten year. The Guidepost approach centers on prepared environments matched to each child's developmental stage, with personalized care and support. Year-round extended-day programming is included at no extra cost, and families receive daily photo and video updates plus regular milestone meetings.

  • Private Montessori preschool and early childhood center (6 weeks to 6 years)
  • Infant
  • Toddler
  • Preschool
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Virginia Academy

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Ashburn, VAGrades PreK-12

Virginia Academy is a private Christian school in Ashburn, Virginia, serving preschool through 12th grade. Its programs are organized as preschool for ages 2 to 4, elementary school for kindergarten through grade 5, and upper school for grades 6 through 12. The school was founded by and is supported by Community Church and teaches from a stated Christian worldview. Academically, the school offers advanced placement and accelerated coursework, Bible, foreign language, and physical education at least twice a week, and electives including drama, computers, art, and chorus. An academic support coordinator works with families to build individualized plans for students who need remediation as well as those who need enrichment or acceleration. On a case-by-case basis and at a parent's request, the school will review a student's IEP, use testing to identify learning gaps, and have a specialist prescribe a curriculum. Additional fees may apply to these programs. Virginia Academy holds accreditation through the International Christian Accrediting Association, Cognia, and ACSI. A 60,000 square foot expansion completed in fall 2024 added upper school classrooms, science labs, a library and digital resource room, and an NCAA regulation gymnasium.

  • Private Christian school (preschool through grade 12)
  • Accredited
  • Preschool
  • Kindergarten
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Comparing school options in Ashburn

Ashburn is in Loudoun County, and Loudoun County Public Schools handles special education for every Ashburn address. The district accepts referrals for children ages two through twenty-one, and a school-based team reviews each referral within ten business days.

A referral goes to the child's principal or designee in writing, by email or by phone, and the Child Study Team decides to refer for evaluation, try interventions with review dates, or find no evaluation is needed, documenting the decision in writing. Preschoolers have a separate Early Childhood Identification Services office, which determines whether children ages two through five have an educational disability.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Special Needs Schools in Ashburn

How do I request an evaluation for my Ashburn child?
Contact the principal of the school your child attends or would attend. LCPS accepts referrals in written, electronic or oral form from any source. The Child Study Team reviews it within 10 business days and either refers for evaluation, recommends interventions with review dates, or finds no evaluation is needed, and documents that decision in writing. Keep a dated copy of your request, because the ten-day clock starts when the school receives it.
What if my Ashburn child is not yet in kindergarten?
LCPS offers free developmental appointments through Early Childhood Identification Services for children who turn 2 by September 30 through age 5 and are not kindergarten-registered. Ask your daycare or preschool teacher to submit the input report so you can review it at the appointment.
Where do I look for autism schools near Ashburn?
Loudoun offers a continuum of inclusive, collaborative, self-contained and home-based services. Outside the district, private day schools serve autistic students. Compare staff training in autism, communication supports, class size and how the school moves students into general classes. Ask the IEP team whether a smaller setting would change the daily schedule.
How do I compare dyslexia and ADHD help?
Dyslexia falls under specific learning disability, and ADHD can qualify as other health impairment, both decided at an LCPS eligibility meeting. Ask each school for its structured literacy program, how often a trained teacher delivers it, and how it measures progress. For ADHD, ask about a 504 plan versus an IEP.
Does LCPS pay for a private day school?
The IEP team decides placement. If it places your child in an approved private special education school, Virginia's Children's Services Act state pool of funds covers that placement. A parent who enrolls a child privately without that decision gets a services plan from LCPS, not an individual IEP.
What Virginia scholarship helps with private tuition in 2026-27?
Virginia's Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits program pays through approved scholarship foundations. A Loudoun student with an IEP qualifies at household income up to 400 percent of the poverty guidelines and skips the prior public-school enrollment test other applicants face, a test that applies to IEP students from tax year 2028. Ask each school what the award leaves uncovered. See Fairfax schools for nearby options.
What should I ask during an Ashburn school tour?
Ask who teaches the class and what autism training they hold, the adult-to-student ratio, which therapists work on site, how staff respond to behavior, and how often progress reports arrive. Visit during a regular class period, not only during an open house, so you see the room as it normally runs.
Who evaluates a child under age two near Ashburn?
Virginia's Infant and Toddler Connection serves children from birth to age three through local systems. LCPS takes referrals starting at age two, so a toddler turning two can reach Early Childhood Identification Services before the third-birthday handoff to the school division. Keep any early intervention records, since they support the school's evaluation.

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