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Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in Derbyshire

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Derbyshire has 4 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health and 7 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
Newton Solney CofE (Aided) Infant SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationResourced provision5-7Burton-on-Trent2Good 202355
Whaley Bridge Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesResourced provision2-11High Peak–Good 202228
Outwood Academy NewboldSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-18Chesterfield15Good 202281
The Pingle AcademySecondary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Swadlincote62Report card 202616

Special schools (7)

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
Ashgate Croft SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Chesterfield160 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Bennerley Fields SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-16Ilkeston105 pupilsGood 2023–
Holly House Special SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school7-14Chesterfield43 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
LandmarksSpecial school · also moderate learning difficultiesSpecial school16-99Sheffield– pupilsNot inspected–
Peak SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19High Peak86 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Stanton Vale SchoolSpecial school · also autism, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Nottingham131 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Swanwick School and Sports CollegeSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreSpecial school5-16Alfreton101 pupilsNot inspected–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

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

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreMainstream, listed for this need11-16Ilkeston–Good 202432
Other councilsAll schools in Derbyshire

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.