Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Derby

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Derby has 5 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 4 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (5)

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Central Community Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and more	SEN unit	0-5	Derby	12	Report card 2026	–
Springfield Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, specific learning difficulties	Resourced provision	4-11	Derby	41	Good 2023	52
Allestree Woodlands SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and more	Resourced provision	11-18	Derby	22	Good 2024	42
Lees Brook AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and more	Resourced provision	11-18	Derby	20	Good 2023	37
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, other needs and more	Resourced provision	11-19	Derby	10	Good 2023	55

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
St Andrew's AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	11-19	Derby	169 pupils	Good 2024	–
St Clare's SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	11-16	Derby	181 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
St Giles' Spencer AcademySpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	4-11	Derby	149 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
St Martins SchoolSpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficulties	Special school	11-19	Derby	240 pupils	Not inspected	–

Other councils All schools in Derby

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual impairment Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability Specific learning difficulties Other 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.