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Schools with social, emotional and mental health provision in Wirral

For pupils whose anxiety, behaviour or mental health gets in the way of learning; smaller groups and therapeutic support. Wirral has 12 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health and 4 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (12)

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
Brackenwood Junior SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficultiesResourced provision7-11Wirral13Good 202378
Co-op Academy HillsidePrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Prenton8Report card 202618
Egremont Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Wallasey30Report card 202639
Grove Street Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit2-11Wirral46Good 20228
Manor Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Wirral10Requires improvement 20235
Riverside Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision2-11Wirral16Good 202319
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit2-11Wirral8Report card 202558
West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision4-11Wirral–No overall grade 2024–
Co-op Academy BebingtonSecondary school · also moderate learning difficultiesResourced provision11-18Wirral59Good 202320
Hilbre High SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-18Wirral30Report card 20269
The Mosslands SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Wallasey12Requires improvement 20245
Wirral Grammar School for BoysSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-18Wirral10Good 202290

Special schools (4)

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
Gilbrook SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school4-1160 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Kilgarth SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school11-16Birkenhead63 pupilsNot inspected–
The Observatory SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school7-16Prenton174 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
West Kirby School and CollegeSpecial school · also autismSpecial school5-19Wirral115 pupilsOutstanding 2021–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

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

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
St Alban's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyPrimary schoolMainstream, listed for this need4-11Wallasey–No overall grade 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Wirral

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.