Schools with other needs provision in Essex

Provision the government lists without a more specific category. Essex has 1 mainstream school with a unit or resourced provision for other needs and 4 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (1)

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
Forest Hall SchoolSecondary school · also specific learning difficulties	SEN unit and resourced provision	11-16	Stansted Mountfitchet	18	Report card 2026	31

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
Chatten Free SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	4-19	Rivenhall	75 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
Kingswode Hoe SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties	Special school	5-16	Colchester	167 pupils	Report card 2026	–
Lift PioneerSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	3-19	Basildon	201 pupils	Not inspected	–
Oak View SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	3-19	Loughton	138 pupils	Good 2022	–

Other councils All schools in Essex

Other needs

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

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.