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Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Derby

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Derby has 0 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 4 special schools that cater for it.

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
Ivy House SchoolSpecial school · also multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Derby110 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
St Clare's SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school11-16Derby181 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
St Giles' Spencer AcademySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Derby149 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
St Martins SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school11-19Derby240 pupilsNot inspected–
Other councilsAll schools in Derby

Other needs

AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilitySpecific 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.