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Schools with physical disability provision in Derbyshire

Accessible buildings, physiotherapy and support with personal care and equipment. Derbyshire has 5 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for physical disability 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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficultiesResourced provision3-11High Peak–Good 202318
Dunston Primary and Nursery AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Chesterfield3No overall grade 20256
Aldercar High SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairmentResourced provision11-18Nottingham10Report card 202612
Chapel-en-le-Frith High SchoolSecondary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-16High Peak52No overall grade 202459
Outwood Academy NewboldSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-18Chesterfield15Good 202281

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, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-19Chesterfield160 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Brackenfield Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school3-19Nottingham283 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Peak SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-19High Peak86 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Swanwick School and Sports CollegeSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, 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, moderate learning difficulties and moreMainstream, listed for this need11-16Ilkeston–Good 202432
Other councilsAll schools in Derbyshire

Other needs

AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentSpecific 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.