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Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in Sefton

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Sefton has 4 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health and 3 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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Cambridge Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision2-4Liverpool6Report card 2026–
Greenacre Community Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision2-5Bootle12Good 2024–
The Grange Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Bootle62Good 20233
Thomas Gray Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSEN unit2-11Bootle48Good 20227

Special schools (3)

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
Arden CollegeSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school16-25– pupilsNot inspected–
Crosby High SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreSpecial school11-16Liverpool173 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Newfield SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school5-16Liverpool129 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Sefton

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.