SEND provision in Central Bedfordshire

4 special schools and 18 mainstream schools recording SEN provision. Need types are as the school records them in Get Information About Schools. This is not a judgement about which school suits a child: that is what an EHC needs assessment is for.

Special schools (4)

Schools wholly for pupils with special educational needs. Places are arranged through the local authority, normally as part of an EHC plan, not by applying to the school directly.

Ivel Valley School & CollegeGood · Specific Learning Difficulty +11 more · ages 3–19 · 261 pupils
Oak Bank SchoolOutstanding (2019) · Social, Emotional and Mental Health · ages 9–19 · 123 pupils
The Chiltern SchoolGood · Speech, Language and Communication Needs +5 more · ages 3–19 · 369 pupils
Weatherfield AcademyGood · Moderate Learning Difficulty · ages 7–19 · 166 pupils

Mainstream schools with SEN provision (18)

Mainstream schools that record a SEN unit, resourced provision, or particular needs they cater for, alongside their ordinary classes. Not every school publishes unit places, so a row without them is not a school without provision.

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Arnold AcademyGood · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 9–13 · 704 pupils
Biggleswade AcademyGood · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 2–11 · 839 pupils
Brooklands Middle SchoolGood · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 9–13 · 598 pupils · 9 of 12 unit places · places may be available
Harlington Upper SchoolGood · Hearing Impairment · ages 13–18 · 1156 pupils
Heathwood Lower SchoolGood · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 2–9 · 195 pupils
Lancot SchoolGood · Social, Emotional and Mental Health · ages 3–11 · 423 pupils
Manshead Church of England AcademyNeeds attention · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–19 · 1134 pupils · 11 of 12 unit places · nearly full
Parkfields Middle SchoolGood · Hearing Impairment · ages 9–13 · 460 pupils
Ramsey Manor Lower SchoolGood · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–9 · 293 pupils
Samuel Whitbread AcademyGood · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 13–18 · 1657 pupils
Sandy Secondary SchoolGood · Other Difficulty/Disability · ages 11–18 · 1259 pupils
Shefford Lower SchoolGood · Social, Emotional and Mental Health · ages 3–9 · 514 pupils
Silsoe CofE VC Lower SchoolGood · Social, Emotional and Mental Health · ages 4–9 · 251 pupils · 0 of 0 unit places
St Andrew's CofE VC Primary SchoolNeeds attention · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 4–11 · 945 pupils
St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary SchoolGood · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 3–11 · 172 pupils
Stratton SchoolGood · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–18 · 917 pupils
The Rushmere Park AcademyExpected standard · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 2–9 · 207 pupils
Toddington St George Church of England SchoolGood · Hearing Impairment · ages 3–9 · 341 pupils