Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in Central Bedfordshire

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Central Bedfordshire has 3 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (3)

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
Lancot SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	Dunstable	8	Good 2024	47
Shefford Lower SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-9	Shefford	9	Good 2023	44
Silsoe CofE VC Lower SchoolPrimary school	SEN unit and resourced provision	4-9	Bedford	–	Good 2023	60

Special schools (2)

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
Ivel Valley School & CollegeSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	3-19	Biggleswade	261 pupils	Good 2023	–
Oak Bank SchoolSpecial school	Special school	9-19	Leighton Buzzard	123 pupils	Not inspected	–

Other councils All schools in Central Bedfordshire

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.