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Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in Derby

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Derby has 8 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 (8)

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
The Bemrose SchoolAll-through school · also autism, speech, language and communicationResourced provision3-19Derby55Good 202423
Central Community Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit0-5Derby12Report card 2026–
Alvaston Junior AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision7-11Derby11Requires improvement 20242
Cottons Farm Primary AcademyPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Derby12No overall grade 202519
Springfield Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, specific learning difficultiesResourced provision4-11Derby41Good 202352
Allestree Woodlands SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-18Derby22Good 202442
Lees Brook AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-18Derby20Good 202337
Saint Benedict, A Catholic Voluntary AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-19Derby10Good 202355

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
Kingsmead SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school7-18Derby174 pupilsGood 2021–
St Andrew's AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school11-19Derby169 pupilsGood 2024–
St Clare's SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school11-16Derby181 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
St Martins SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19Derby240 pupilsNot inspected–
Other councilsAll schools in Derby

Other needs

AutismSpeech, language and communicationModerate learning difficultiesSevere 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.