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Special Schools
A special school can be considered if a young person, or a child’s parent or carer believes that the child’s SEND needs require more support than a mainstream school can offer them.
There are specific criteria in the SEND Code of Practice that will affect whether a placement at a special school is agreed. These relate to a child or young person’s:
- age
- ability or aptitude
- special educational needs
- the impact on the education of others
- the efficient use of resources
(paragraph 9.79, SEND Code of Practice: 0 to 25 years)
A child or young person attending a special school within Central Bedfordshire will require an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
The below special schools can be found within Central Bedfordshire:
The Chiltern School
Kingsland Campus Parkside Drive, Houghton Regis LU5 5PX
- Learners have Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD), Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) and Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC).
- Learners are aged 3 to 19 years
- Learners have an EHCP
Website: The Chiltern School
Ivel Valley School and College
Hitchmead Road, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire SG18 0NL
- Learners have Complex Learning Needs
- Learners are aged 3-19
- Learners have an EHCP
Website: Ivel Valley School and College
Oak Bank School
Sandy Lane, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 3BE
- Learners have Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH)
- Learners may have additional special educational needs such as autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit and hyperactive disorders (ADHD) and speech, language and communication difficulties.
- Learners are aged 9-19
- Learners have an EHCP
Website: Oak Bank School
Weatherfield Academy
Brewers Hill Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU6 1AF
- Learners primary need is Cognition & Learning Delay such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, developmental co-ordination disorder/dyspraxia.
- Learners may have additional diagnosis such as ADHD, ADD, DLD, speech language and communication needs, CAPD and/or other general learning difficulties
- Learners are aged 7 to 19
- Learners have an EHCP
Website: Weatherfield Academy