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Schools with autism provision in Derby

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Derby has 10 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 4 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (10)

Pupils have a specialist base and staff inside an ordinary school. Places are separate from the school's main admissions and normally need an EHC plan.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
The Bemrose SchoolAll-through school · also social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationResourced provision3-19Derby55Good 202423
Central Community Nursery SchoolNursery school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit0-5Derby12Report card 2026–
Ash Croft Primary AcademyPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision2-11Derby7Good 202215
Borrow Wood Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Derby16Good 202362
Brackensdale Spencer AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Derby51No overall grade 202455
Springfield Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, specific learning difficultiesResourced provision4-11Derby41Good 202352
Village Primary AcademyPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit2-11Derby18Good 202224
Allestree Woodlands SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision11-18Derby22Good 202442
Lees Brook AcademySecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision11-18Derby20Good 202337
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary AcademySecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreResourced provision11-19Derby10Good 202355

Special schools (4)

Special schools take pupils with an education, health and care plan; the council names the school in the plan. Many cater for several needs.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
St Andrew's AcademySpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school11-19Derby169 pupilsGood 2024–
St Clare's SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school11-16Derby181 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
St Giles' Spencer AcademySpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Derby149 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
St Martins SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19Derby240 pupilsNot inspected–
Other councilsAll schools in Derby

Other needs

Speech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilitySpecific learning difficultiesOther needs

How to read this

The list comes from the Department for Education's register of schools (Get Information about Schools), which records the type of SEN provision each school has and how many pupils are in a resourced provision or SEN unit. Resourced provision means extra staff and funding for a group of pupils who spend most of their time in ordinary classes. A SEN unit is a separate class within the school. Both need a place agreed by the council through an education, health and care plan; ask the council's SEND team, not the school's admissions office. The register is only as good as what schools report, so check with the school before relying on it.