SEND and school provision

Schools in North Yorkshire

Most children's needs can be met in a mainstream school, this means that children can go to school in their community. The following services are available to schools needing help in supporting their students, each service will have an application criteria: 

• North Yorkshire Locality Boards

• SEND Hubs

• targeted mainstream provision for those needing more targeted support

If a child or young person's needs cannot be met in a mainstream school or setting with the involvement of the SEND hubs, they may require a special school place. Except in very rare circumstances, special schools take pupils with an education, health and care plan (EHCP).

Targeted mainstream provisions

• Alverton Community Primary School website - Northallerton - communication and interaction
• Cambrai website - Catterick - communication and interaction
• Wensleydale School and Sixth Form website - Leyburn - communication and interaction
• East Whitby Academy website - Whitby - communication and interaction
• Whitby School website - Whitby - communication and interaction
• Grove Road Community Primary School website - Harrogate - communication and interaction
• The Holy Family Catholic High School website - Carlton - communication and interaction
• The Skipton Academy website - Skipton - communication and interaction
• West Cliff Primary School website - Whitby - social, emotional and mental health
• Stokesley Primary Academy website - Stokesley - social, emotional and mental health
• Thirsk School and Sixth Form College website - Thirsk - social, emotional and mental health
• Norton Community Primary School - Malton - communication and interaction
• Dishforth Airfield Community Primary - Dishforth - social, emotional and mental health

Special schools

There are seven maintained special schools and three special academies in North Yorkshire. You can find and compare schools near you here. You can also view details of independent schools for students with special educational needs here, including those approved under section 41 of the Children and Families Act.

• Brompton Hall School website – social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH)
• Brooklands School website – complex special educational needs and post-16 provision
• Forest Moor School website – social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH) and complex special educational needs
• Mowbray School website – complex special educational needs
• Springhead School website – severe and/or complex learning needs and post-16 provision
• Springwater School website – severe and/or complex learning needs and post-16 provision
• The Dales School website – severe and/or complex Learning needs and post-16 provision
• The Forest School website – complex special educational needs
• The Woodlands Academy website – complex special educational needs
• Welburn Hall School website – complex special educational needs and post-16 provision

You can find out more detailed information, including contact number, address, type of special educational needs provision and Ofsted report, from the UK government 'Get information about schools' website:

• all schools including mainstream primary and secondary
• local authority (LA) maintained special schools
• special school academies
• non-local authority maintained special schools
• other independent special schools

Post-16 provision

For information regarding post-16 providers in North Yorkshire, please visit Preparing for Adulthood – Education and Employment.