Schools with other needs provision in Hertfordshire

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

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (4)

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
Downfield Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communication	SEN unit	2-11	Waltham Cross	12	No overall grade 2024	13
Margaret Wix Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communication	SEN unit	3-11	St Albans	12	Not inspected	59
Sauncey Wood Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communication	SEN unit	4-11	Harpenden	8	No overall grade 2025	26
The Priory SchoolSecondary school · also autism, speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	11-18	Hitchin	20	Good 2022	55

Special schools (1)

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 Elizabeth's SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties	Special school	5-19	Much Hadham	64 pupils	Good 2023	–

Other councils All schools in Hertfordshire

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.