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Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in Norfolk

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Norfolk has 14 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 (14)

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
Arden Grove Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-7Norwich9No overall grade 202592
Caister Infant With Nursery SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-7Great Yarmouth16Report card 202617
Edith Cavell Academy and NurseryPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Norwich5Good 202341
Firside Junior SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communicationResourced provision7-11Norwich17Not inspected33
Happisburgh Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision4-11Norwich5Requires improvement 20213
Manor Field Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-7Norwich–Not inspected–
Mundesley Infant SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-7Norwich7No overall grade 202452
Reffley AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision3-11King's Lynn32Good 202256
St Michael's Church of England AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11King's Lynn8Good 202354
Watton Junior SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficultiesSEN unit7-11Thetford10No overall grade 20252
Wensum Junior SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit7-11Norwich15Requires improvement 20236
Acle AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-16Norwich61Good 202249
Marshland High SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-16Wisbech118Good 202466
The Thetford AcademySecondary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needsResourced provision11-19Thetford25Good 202041

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
Bure Park Specialist AcademySpecial schoolSpecial school5-16Great Yarmouth87 pupilsGood 2023–
Chapel Green SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19Old Buckenham199 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Eaton Hall Specialist AcademySpecial schoolSpecial school5-16Norwich53 pupilsGood 2023–
Fred Nicholson SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19Swaffham195 pupilsNot inspected–
Harford Manor School, NorwichSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Norwich110 pupilsGood 2023–
Sheringham Woodfields SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19Sheringham160 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
The Parkside School, NorwichSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school7-18Norwich199 pupilsNot inspected–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

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

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
King's Lynn AcademySecondary schoolMainstream, listed for this need11-16King's Lynn–Report card 202618
Other councilsAll schools in Norfolk

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.