Schools with physical disability provision in North Yorkshire

Accessible buildings, physiotherapy and support with personal care and equipment. North Yorkshire has 2 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 (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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	4-11	Knaresborough	49	Good 2024	64
St John Fisher Catholic AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	SEN unit	11-18	Harrogate	38	Good 2022	85

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
Springhead SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and more	Special school	2-19	Scarborough	109 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
Springwater AcademySpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	2-19	Harrogate	145 pupils	Good 2022	–
The Dales SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Northallerton	71 pupils	Not inspected	–
The Forest SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	2-16	Knaresborough	155 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–

Other councils All schools in North Yorkshire

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 Specific learning difficulties Other 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.