Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in County Durham

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. County Durham has 3 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health and 3 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
Greenland Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	SEN unit	4-11	Stanley	25	Not inspected	93
Leadgate Primary School - Split SitePrimary school	Resourced provision	2-11	Consett	8	Good 2023	20
Durham AcademySecondary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and more	Resourced provision	11-16	Durham	1	Report card 2026	24

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
Elemore Hall SchoolSpecial school	Special school	11-16	Durham	208 pupils	Good 2024	–
Norman Cornish AcademySpecial school	Special school	11-16	Spennymoor	64 pupils	Requires improvement 2023	–
Walworth SchoolSpecial school	Special school	4-11	Newton Aycliffe	90 pupils	Good 2023	–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

Registered for this need without a separate unit, so provision is within ordinary classes.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
North Durham AcademySecondary school · also speech, language and communication	Mainstream, listed for this need	11-16	Stanley	–	Good 2022	19

Other councils All schools in County Durham

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.