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Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in Torbay

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Torbay has 1 mainstream school 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 (1)

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
Eden Park Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreResourced provision2-11Brixham91Good 202340

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
Brunel SchoolSpecial school · also autismSpecial school11-16Paignton64 pupilsReport card 2026–
Mayfield SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Torquay304 pupilsGood 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Torbay

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.