SEND provision in Kent
27 special schools and 72 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 (27) 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.
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Specific Learning Difficulty Moderate Learning Difficulty Severe Learning Difficulty Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty Social, Emotional and Mental Health Speech, Language and Communication Needs Hearing Impairment Visual Impairment Multi-Sensory Impairment Physical Disability Autistic Spectrum Disorder Other Difficulty/Disability All Aspire School Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs +1 more · ages 4–11 · 194 pupils Bower Grove School Outstanding · Autistic Spectrum Disorder +1 more · ages 4–16 · 246 pupils Broomhill Bank School Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs +1 more · ages 11–19 · 404 pupils Caldecott Foundation School Good · Social, Emotional and Mental Health · ages 5–18 · 69 pupils Elms School Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder +2 more · ages 5–16 · 131 pupils Five Acre Wood School Outstanding · Speech, Language and Communication Needs +6 more · ages 4–19 · 871 pupils Foreland Fields School Good · Severe Learning Difficulty · ages 3–19 · 295 pupils Goldwyn School Outstanding · Autistic Spectrum Disorder +1 more · ages 10–19 · 197 pupils Grange Park School Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 9–19 · 174 pupils Ifield School Outstanding · Other Difficulty/Disability +4 more · ages 4–19 · 282 pupils Laleham Gap School Outstanding · Speech, Language and Communication Needs +1 more · ages 4–18 · 253 pupils Leigh Academy Milestone No current grade · Autistic Spectrum Disorder +4 more · ages 2–19 · 374 pupils Leigh Academy Snowfields Outstanding · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–18 · 355 pupils Meadowfield School Requires improvement · Speech, Language and Communication Needs +5 more · ages 4–19 · 396 pupils Meadows School Good · Social, Emotional and Mental Health · ages 7–19 · 65 pupils Nexus Foundation Special School Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs +4 more · ages 2–19 · 307 pupils Nore Academy Not yet graded · ages 11–16 · 67 pupils Oakley School No current grade · Specific Learning Difficulty +8 more · ages 4–19 · 224 pupils Portal House School No current grade · Autistic Spectrum Disorder +1 more · ages 11–16 · 80 pupils Rowhill School Needs attention · Social, Emotional and Mental Health · ages 5–16 · 163 pupils St Anthony's School No current grade · Autistic Spectrum Disorder +1 more · ages 7–16 · 110 pupils St Nicholas' School Good · Specific Learning Difficulty +9 more · ages 4–19 · 402 pupils Stone Bay School Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder +1 more · ages 4–19 · 108 pupils The Beacon Folkestone Outstanding · Speech, Language and Communication Needs +5 more · ages 3–19 · 469 pupils The Orchard School Needs attention · Speech, Language and Communication Needs +2 more · ages 7–16 · 119 pupils The Wyvern School (Buxford) Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder +4 more · ages 4–19 · 374 pupils Valence School Good · Other Difficulty/Disability +1 more · ages 4–19 · 129 pupils Mainstream schools with SEN provision (72) 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.
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Specific Learning Difficulty Moderate Learning Difficulty Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty Social, Emotional and Mental Health Speech, Language and Communication Needs Hearing Impairment Visual Impairment Physical Disability Autistic Spectrum Disorder All Ashford Oaks Community Primary School Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs +3 more · ages 2–11 · 443 pupils Bishops Down Primary and Nursery School Expected standard · Physical Disability · ages 3–11 · 194 pupils Bromstone Primary School, Broadstairs Good · Visual Impairment +3 more · ages 4–11 · 407 pupils Cage Green Primary School Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–11 · 208 pupils Castle Hill Community Primary School Good · Hearing Impairment · ages 3–11 · 395 pupils Chilmington Green Primary School Good · ages 2–11 · 297 pupils Copperfield Academy Expected standard · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 3–11 · 459 pupils Dover Christ Church Academy Requires improvement · Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty · ages 11–18 · 761 pupils · 69 of 72 unit places · nearly full Ebbsfleet Green Primary School Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 3–11 · 451 pupils Finberry Primary School Good · Social, Emotional and Mental Health · ages 2–11 · 418 pupils Fleetdown Primary Academy Good · Hearing Impairment · ages 4–11 · 636 pupils Folkestone Academy Needs attention · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–19 · 936 pupils Garlinge Primary School and Nursery Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder +1 more · ages 3–11 · 726 pupils Goodwin Academy Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 11–18 · 780 pupils Halstead Community Primary School Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–11 · 55 pupils · 19 of 20 unit places · nearly full Hampton Primary School Good · Physical Disability · ages 3–11 · 679 pupils Hythe Bay CofE Primary School Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 4–11 · 220 pupils Joy Lane Primary Foundation School Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 1–11 · 621 pupils King's Farm Primary School Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 3–11 · 468 pupils Langafel Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Requires improvement · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–11 · 286 pupils Leigh Academy Cherry Orchard Outstanding · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 2–11 · 447 pupils Leigh Academy Hugh Christie Requires improvement · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–18 · 688 pupils Leigh Academy Langley Park Good (2019) · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 3–11 · 448 pupils Leigh Academy Longfield Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–18 · 992 pupils Leigh Academy Molehill Outstanding · Hearing Impairment +1 more · ages 3–11 · 312 pupils Leigh Academy Wilmington Outstanding · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–19 · 1386 pupils Margate, Holy Trinity and St John's Church of England Primary School Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–11 · 397 pupils Martello Primary Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–11 · 146 pupils Meopham School Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–18 · 905 pupils · 20 of 20 unit places · full, or over capacity Minterne Junior School Expected standard · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 7–11 · 393 pupils Morehall Primary School and Nursery Good · Visual Impairment · ages 2–11 · 249 pupils Oakfield Primary Academy Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 2–11 · 716 pupils Orchards Academy Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–18 · 554 pupils Reculver Church of England Primary School Outstanding (2018) · Visual Impairment +2 more · ages 4–11 · 444 pupils River Primary School Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 4–11 · 384 pupils Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–18 · 1226 pupils Sir Geoffrey Leigh Academy Good · Hearing Impairment +1 more · ages 11–19 · 1318 pupils Slade Primary School and Attached Unit for Children with Hearing Impairment Good · Hearing Impairment · ages 4–11 · 419 pupils St Anselm's Catholic School, Canterbury Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder +1 more · ages 11–18 · 1116 pupils St Augustine Academy Needs attention · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–16 · 673 pupils St Gregory's Catholic School Good · Hearing Impairment · ages 11–18 · 1093 pupils St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs Good · ages 4–11 · 151 pupils St Nicholas Church of England Primary Academy Good (2019) · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–11 · 412 pupils St. Edmund's Church of England Primary School Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs +1 more · ages 4–11 · 197 pupils Temple Hill Primary Academy Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 3–11 · 850 pupils · 3 of 12 unit places · places may be available Thamesview School Good · Physical Disability · ages 11–18 · 978 pupils The Abbey School Needs attention · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–19 · 1061 pupils · 48 of 44 unit places · full, or over capacity The Archbishop's School Good · Specific Learning Difficulty · ages 11–18 · 770 pupils The Canterbury Academy Expected standard · Hearing Impairment +2 more · ages 11–19 · 1984 pupils The Canterbury Primary School Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–11 · 421 pupils The Charles Dickens School Good · Visual Impairment · ages 11–18 · 1117 pupils The Holmesdale School Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–18 · 606 pupils The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary School Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 4–11 · 421 pupils The Judd School Outstanding · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–18 · 1541 pupils The Malling School Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs +1 more · ages 11–18 · 1051 pupils The Marsh Academy Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–18 · 1019 pupils The North School No current grade · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 11–19 · 1237 pupils The Oaks Infant School Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 3–7 · 312 pupils The Sittingbourne School Good · Hearing Impairment +1 more · ages 11–19 · 1556 pupils The Skinners' School Strong standard · Visual Impairment +1 more · ages 11–18 · 1149 pupils Thistle Hill Academy Good · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–11 · 349 pupils Turner Free School Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 11–18 · 997 pupils Tymberwood Academy Good · Physical Disability · ages 3–11 · 394 pupils Valley Invicta Primary School At East Borough Expected standard · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–11 · 445 pupils Valley Invicta Primary School At Kings Hill Outstanding · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–11 · 226 pupils Valley Invicta Primary School At Leybourne Chase Outstanding · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–11 · 230 pupils Valley Invicta Primary School at Holborough Lakes Outstanding · Autistic Spectrum Disorder · ages 4–11 · 234 pupils West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language Srp Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 4–11 · 191 pupils West Minster Primary School Strong standard · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 2–11 · 473 pupils Westlands School Good · Specific Learning Difficulty +1 more · ages 11–18 · 1690 pupils · 28 of 32 unit places · nearly full Whitfield Aspen School Good · Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty · ages 4–11 · 662 pupils Wincheap Foundation Primary School Good · Speech, Language and Communication Needs · ages 4–11 · 429 pupils
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