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Schools with physical disability provision in East Sussex

Accessible buildings, physiotherapy and support with personal care and equipment. East Sussex has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for physical disability and 3 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (2)

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
Mulberry West St Leonards PrimaryPrimary school · also moderate learning difficultiesResourced provision5-11St Leonards-on-Sea18Report card 202637
Mulberry Academy St LeonardsSecondary school · also autismResourced provision11-16St Leonards-on-Sea18No overall grade 2025–

Special schools (3)

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
Chailey Heritage SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school3-19Lewes68 pupilsNot inspected–
Glyne Gap SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-19Bexhill-on-Sea140 pupilsNot inspected–
St Mary's School and 6th Form CollegeSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school5-19Bexhill on Sea221 pupilsGood 2022–
Other councilsAll schools in East Sussex

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.