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Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in Cambridgeshire

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Cambridgeshire has 4 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 (4)

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
Buckden CofE Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision5-11St Neots11No overall grade 202527
St Laurence Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Cambridge8Good 202447
Townley Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Wisbech6Good 20229
Wintringham Primary AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit2-11St. Neots8Good 202335

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
Meadowgate AcademySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school2-19Wisbech180 pupilsNot inspected
Riverside Meadows AcademySpecial schoolSpecial school11-18St. Neots120 pupilsReport card 2026
Samuel Pepys SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19St Neots138 pupilsNot inspected
The Centre SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school11-19Cambridge137 pupilsGood 2024

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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.