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Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in Lewisham

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Lewisham has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (2)

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
Rushey Green Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11London4Good 202221
Conisborough CollegeSecondary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision11-16London35Requires improvement 20224

Special schools (2)

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
New Woodlands SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school5-16Bromley101 pupilsNot inspected
Watergate SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school4-11London185 pupilsOutstanding 2022

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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.