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Schools with physical disability provision in Suffolk

Accessible buildings, physiotherapy and support with personal care and equipment. Suffolk 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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Burton End Primary AcademyPrimary school · also multi-sensory impairment, other needsSEN unit3-11Haverhill24Good 202027
Lakenheath Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit4-11Lakenheath12Good 202422

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
Priory SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school5-19Bury St Edmunds241 pupilsOutstanding 2024
Riverwalk SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school3-19Bury St. Edmunds217 pupilsGood 2024
The Bridge SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school4-19Ipswich257 pupilsGood 2023
Thomas Wolsey Ormiston AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-16Ipswich105 pupilsGood 2021

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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.