These are schools which:
- provide a full educational programme to the children who attend
- give specialist advice and support to mainstream schools.
In special schools:
- all children have significant special educational needs
- all staff have specialist knowledge and expertise
- classes are small
- specialist equipment is available.
Some of these schools have places for children from age 3.
If your child attends a special school, your child:
- will have a statement of Special-Educational Needs
- may travel to school by special bus or taxi, paid for by the Local Authority
- will be educated in a school where all children have special educational needs
- may visit a mainstream school for some of the lessons
- may be registered in both a mainstream school and a special school, attending both
- may have speech and language therapy, physiotherapy or nursing help provided in school, if this is agreed by the Health Authority.
There are currently 11 special schools in Nottinghamshire. Each one offers special teaching arrangements for certain types of need:
- moderate learning difficulties
- severe learning difficulties
- physical disabilities.
Many of these schools teach pupils with a combination of these types of needs. You can get an educational booklet on any of these schools from the school, public libraries and area base.
Ashfield
Bracken Hill School
(Mixed, 3 to 19)
Chartwell Road
Kirkby in Ashfield
Notts NG17 7HZ
Tel: 01623 477268
Fountaindale School
(Physical disabilities, mixed, 3 to 19)
Nottingham Road
Mansfield
Notts NG18 5BA
Tel: 01623 792671
Bassetlaw
St Giles School
(Mixed, 3 to 19)
North Road
Retford
Notts DN22 7XN
Tel: 01777 703683
Broxtowe
Foxwood School
(Mixed, 3 to 19)
Off Derby Road
Bramcote Hills
Beeston
Nottingham NG9 3GF
Tel: 0115 917 7202
Gedling
Carlton Digby School
(Mixed, 3 to 19)
Digby Avenue
Mapperley
Nottingham NG3 6DS
Tel: 0115 956 8289
Derrymount School
(Mixed, 3 to 16)
Churchmoor Lane
Arnold
Notts NG5 8HN
Tel: 0115 953 4015
Mansfield
Beech Hill School
(Mixed, 11 to 16)
Fairholme Drive
Mansfield
Notts NG19 6DX
Tel: 01623 626008
Redgate School
(Mixed, 3 to 11)
Somersall Street
Mansfield
Notts NG19 6EL
Tel: 01623 455944
Yeoman Park School
(Mixed, 3 to 19)
Park Hall Road
Mansfield Woodhouse
Notts NG19 8PS
Tel: 01623 459540
Newark
Orchard School
(Mixed, 2 to 19)
London Road
New Balderton
Newark
Notts NG24 3AL
Tel: 01636 682255
Rushcliffe
Ash Lea School
(Mixed, 3 to 19)
Owthorpe Road
Cotgrave
Notts NG12 3PA
Tel: 0115 989 2744
