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Schools with physical disability provision in Kent

Accessible buildings, physiotherapy and support with personal care and equipment. Kent has 7 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for physical disability and 7 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (7)

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
Bishops Down Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Tunbridge Wells4Report card 202659
Garlinge Primary School and NurseryPrimary school · also autismResourced provision3-11Margate26Good 202321
Hampton Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Herne Bay–No overall grade 202414
Tymberwood AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Gravesend10Good 202246
St Anselm's Catholic School, CanterburySecondary school · also autismResourced provision11-18Canterbury29Good 202334
Thamesview SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Gravesend7Good 202417
Westlands SchoolSecondary school · also specific learning difficultiesSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Sittingbourne38Good 202431

Special schools (7)

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
Five Acre Wood SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Maidstone871 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Leigh Academy MilestoneSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Longfield374 pupilsNot inspected–
Meadowfield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school4-19Sittingbourne396 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
St Nicholas' SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-19Canterbury402 pupilsGood 2024–
The Beacon FolkestoneSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school3-19Folkestone469 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
The Wyvern School (Buxford)Special school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-19Ashford374 pupilsGood 2024–
Valence SchoolSpecial school · also other needsSpecial school4-19Westerham129 pupilsGood 2019–
Other councilsAll schools in Kent

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.