Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health 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
Broadstone Middle SchoolMiddle school · also autism	SEN unit and resourced provision	9-13	Broadstone	20	Good 2019	23
Manorside AcademyPrimary school · also autism	SEN unit and resourced provision	3-11	Poole	20	No overall grade 2025	41

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
Linwood SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	2-19	Bournemouth	437 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–
Longspee AcademySpecial school · also autism	Special school	5-16	Poole	106 pupils	Good 2024	–
Tregonwell AcademySpecial school · also autism	Special school	5-16	Bournemouth	136 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
Winchelsea SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	4-19	Poole	248 pupils	Report card 2026	–

Other councils All schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple 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.