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Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in Hertfordshire

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Hertfordshire has 3 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 (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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Brockswood Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Hemel Hempstead15No overall grade 202495
Peartree Spring Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Stevenage5Good 202333
Summerswood Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Borehamwood8Requires improvement 20242

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
Batchwood SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school11-16St Albans111 pupilsReport card 2026–
Brandles SchoolSpecial school · also autismSpecial school11-16Baldock71 pupilsGood 2024–
Falconer SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school11-16Bushey54 pupilsNot inspected–
Hailey Hall SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school11-16Hertford81 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Haywood Grove SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school5-11Hemel Hempstead62 pupilsGood 2024–
Lakeside SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-19Welwyn Garden City115 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Larwood SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school5-11Stevenage151 pupilsGood 2022–
Other councilsAll schools in Hertfordshire

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.