Schools with profound and multiple learning difficulties provision in Derbyshire

For pupils with profound learning disabilities alongside physical or sensory needs, usually in special schools with nursing support. Derbyshire has 1 mainstream school with a unit or resourced provision for profound and multiple learning difficulties and 3 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (1)

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
Hilltop Primary AcademyPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	Ashbourne	4	Requires improvement 2022	4

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Ashgate Croft SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	4-19	Chesterfield	160 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
Brackenfield Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more	Special school	3-19	Nottingham	283 pupils	No overall grade 2024	–
Peak SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more	Special school	2-19	High Peak	86 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–

Other councils All schools in Derbyshire

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual impairment Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability 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.