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Schools with autism provision in Derbyshire

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Derbyshire has 14 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 7 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (14)

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
Brampton Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Chesterfield14No overall grade 20252
Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary SchoolPrimary school · also physical disability, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficultiesResourced provision3-11High Peak–Good 202318
Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision3-7Swadlincote26No overall grade 20249
Newton Solney CofE (Aided) Infant SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationResourced provision5-7Burton-on-Trent2Good 202355
Pilsley Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Chesterfield10Good 202489
Springfield Junior SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit7-11Swadlincote16Good 20246
Whaley Bridge Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficultiesResourced provision2-11High Peak–Good 202228
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Glossop20Good 202330
Chapel-en-le-Frith High SchoolSecondary school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-16High Peak52No overall grade 202459
Hope Valley CollegeSecondary school · also moderate learning difficultiesResourced provision11-18Hope Valley18Good 202326
Outwood Academy NewboldSecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision11-18Chesterfield15Good 202281
The Long Eaton SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Nottingham–Requires improvement 202413
The Pingle AcademySecondary school · also moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Swadlincote62Report card 202616
Tibshelf Community SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Alfreton13Report card 202642

Special schools (7)

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
Ashgate Croft SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-19Chesterfield160 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Bennerley Fields SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-16Ilkeston105 pupilsGood 2023–
Brackenfield Special SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school3-19Nottingham283 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Holbrook School for AutismSpecial school · also severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-19Belper170 pupilsGood 2023–
Peak SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-19High Peak86 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Stanton Vale SchoolSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Nottingham131 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Swanwick School and Sports CollegeSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school5-16Alfreton101 pupilsNot inspected–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

Registered for this need without a separate unit, so provision is within ordinary classes.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise AcademySecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreMainstream, listed for this need11-16Ilkeston–Good 202432
Other councilsAll schools in Derbyshire

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.