Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in Lancashire
For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Lancashire has 4 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health and 18 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.
| School | Provision | Ages | Town | Places | Ofsted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basnett Street Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more | Resourced provision | 3-5 | Burnley | 106 | No overall grade 2025 | – |
| Barrowford SchoolPrimary school | SEN unit | 4-11 | Nelson | 16 | Report card 2026 | 4 |
| Morecambe Bay Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more | SEN unit and resourced provision | 3-11 | Morecambe | 8 | Report card 2026 | 1 |
| Thornton Primary SchoolPrimary school | SEN unit | 4-11 | Thornton-Cleveleys | 8 | Good 2023 | 32 |
Special schools (18)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadfield Specialist SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more | Special school | 11-19 | Burnley | 267 pupils | Outstanding 2024 | – |
| Brookfield SchoolSpecial school | Special school | 11-16 | Poulton-le-Fylde | 93 pupils | Report card 2026 | – |
| Chorley Astley Park SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more | Special school | 4-16 | Chorley | 161 pupils | Outstanding 2024 | – |
| Elm Tree Community Primary SchoolSpecial school | Special school | 4-11 | Skelmersdale | 150 pupils | Outstanding 2023 | – |
| Holly Grove SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and more | Special school | 2-11 | Burnley | 138 pupils | Outstanding 2023 | – |
| Hope High SchoolSpecial school | Special school | 11-16 | Skelmersdale | 108 pupils | Not inspected | – |
| Kingsbury Primary Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more | Special school | 2-11 | Skelmersdale | 132 pupils | Outstanding 2023 | – |
| Kirkham Pear Tree SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more | Special school | 2-19 | Preston | 112 pupils | Outstanding 2023 | – |
| Mayfield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more | Special school | 4-19 | Chorley | 133 pupils | Good 2022 | – |
| Moorbrook SchoolSpecial school | Special school | 11-16 | Preston | 84 pupils | No overall grade 2025 | – |
| Morecambe Road SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more | Special school | 3-16 | Morecambe | 224 pupils | Good 2023 | – |
| Oswaldtwistle White Ash SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more | Special school | 2-11 | Accrington | 118 pupils | Not inspected | – |
| Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, speech, language and communication | Special school | 5-11 | Rossendale | 116 pupils | Outstanding 2024 | – |
| Sir Tom Finney Community High SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more | Special school | 11-19 | Preston | 255 pupils | Good 2023 | – |
| The Coppice SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more | Special school | 2-19 | Preston | 64 pupils | Good 2024 | – |
| The Loyne Specialist SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more | Special school | 4-19 | Lancaster | 121 pupils | Outstanding 2024 | – |
| The Rose SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, specific learning difficulties | Special school | 11-16 | Burnley | 88 pupils | No overall grade 2024 | – |
| Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more | Special school | 2-19 | Blackpool | 141 pupils | Outstanding 2024 | – |
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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.