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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Derbyshire

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Derbyshire has 6 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 (6)

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
Newton Solney CofE (Aided) Infant SchoolPrimary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationResourced provision5-7Burton-on-Trent2Good 202355
Whaley Bridge Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficultiesResourced provision2-11High Peak–Good 202228
Chapel-en-le-Frith High SchoolSecondary school · also autism, physical disability, speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-16High Peak52No overall grade 202459
Hope Valley CollegeSecondary school · also autismResourced provision11-18Hope Valley18Good 202326
Outwood Academy NewboldSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision11-18Chesterfield15Good 202281
The Pingle AcademySecondary school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Swadlincote62Report card 202616

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
Ashgate Croft SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-19Chesterfield160 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Bennerley Fields SchoolSpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-16Ilkeston105 pupilsGood 2023–
LandmarksSpecial school · also social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school16-99Sheffield– pupilsNot inspected–
Swanwick School and Sports CollegeSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, 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 autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreMainstream, listed for this need11-16Ilkeston–Good 202432
Other councilsAll schools in Derbyshire

Other needs

AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthSevere 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.