Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in North Yorkshire

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. North Yorkshire has 9 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health and 5 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (9)

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
Brayton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	3-11	Selby	5	Good 2024	47
Dishforth Airfield Community Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	Thirsk	3	Outstanding 2023	20
Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	4-11	Knaresborough	49	Good 2024	64
Riverside School, TadcasterPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	3-11	Tadcaster	3	Report card 2026	33
Stokesley Primary AcademyPrimary school	Resourced provision	2-11	Middlesbrough	4	Not inspected	9
West Cliff Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	2-11	Whitby	3	Good 2022	45
The Rubicon CentrePupil referral unit / alternative provision	Resourced provision	11-16	Selby	–	Good 2023	–
Barlby High SchoolSecondary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	11-16	Selby	5	Report card 2025	27
St John Fisher Catholic AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	SEN unit	11-18	Harrogate	38	Good 2022	85

Special schools (5)

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
Breckenbrough SchoolSpecial school · also autism	Special school	9-19	Thirsk	71 pupils	Good 2024	–
Brompton Hall SchoolSpecial school	Special school	8-16	Scarborough	80 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–
Forest Moor SchoolSpecial school	Special school	9-16	Harrogate	128 pupils	Good 2024	–
The Forest SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and more	Special school	2-16	Knaresborough	155 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–
The Woodlands AcademySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties	Special school	2-16	Scarborough	146 pupils	Good 2024	–

Other councils All schools in North Yorkshire

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual impairment Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability Specific learning difficulties Other 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.