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Schools with multi-sensory impairment provision in Derby

Pupils with both hearing and visual impairment. Derby has 3 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for multi-sensory impairment and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (3)

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
Central Community Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit0-5Derby12Report card 2026–
Allestree Woodlands SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-18Derby22Good 202442
Lees Brook AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-18Derby20Good 202337

Special schools (2)

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
Ivy House SchoolSpecial school · also physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Derby110 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
St Andrew's AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreSpecial school11-19Derby169 pupilsGood 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Derby

Other needs

AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual 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.