Specialist Education Provision in Cheshire East

Department for Education (DfE)categories of SEN

Following moderation of assessment – pupils shown to need special educational provision may be allocated a place in Additionally Resourced Provision (ARP)

Following statutory, multi-agency, integrated assessment - the local authority may find a need for a special educational placement - in Cheshire East or in a neighbouring local authority.

Cognition and Learning

Moderate Learning Difficulty (MLD)

Severe Learning Difficulty (SLD)

Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty(PMLD)

All mainstream schools offer an inclusive setting catering for a wide range of needs through school SEN support and additional specialist support

Complex learning needs primary:

• Bexton Primary

• Park Lane 2-19 (SLD; PMLD)
• Springfield 4-19 (SLD; PMLD)

Communication and Interaction

Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)

Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC)

All schools meet all types of needs through school SEN support and additional specialist support

ASC primary:

• Ivy Bank
• Puss Bank
• Hermitage Primary 
• Handforth Grange
• Shavington Primary

ASC secondary:

• Macclesfield Academy
• Wilmslow High
• Middlewich High

• Church Lawton 5-19 (ASC)

Sensory and/or Physical

Physical Disability (PD)

Vision Impairment (VI)

Hearing Impairment (HI)

All schools meet all types of needs through school SEN support and additional specialist support

HI primary:

• Lindow Community Primary
• Middlewich Primary

HI secondary:

• Wilmslow High
• Middlewich High

Social, Emotional and Mental Health(SEM)

All schools meet all types of needs through school SEN support and additional specialist support

SEM Primary:

• Hungerford Primary
• Marlfields Primary 
• Monks Coppenhall Academy

SEM Secondary:

• Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School 

• Adelaide 9-18 (SEM)

• Adelaide Heath Academy 8-16 (SEM)

• The Axis Academy 4-18

• Bright Futures
• Birtenshaw

• Bright Futures
• Birtenshaw

• Bright Futures
• Arden College

• Aurora Hanley School
• Eden school
• Fairfield House School
• Hopedale School
• Options Kinsale
• Petty Pool Vocational College
• Seashell Trust
• St John Vianney School
• The Roaches School
• Wargrave House School
• Inscape House Schools (Together Trust)
• Abbey School 
• Maple Grove School (Acorn Care and Education Ltd)
• High Peak School (Kedleston Group)

• David Lewis College
• High Grange School
• Hopedale School
• Petty Pool Vocational College
• St John Vianney School
• Inscape House School (Together Trust)
• Abbey School

• David Lewis College
• Arden College
• Pinc College

Sensory Impairment (Hearing or Visual)

• Royal School for the Deaf, Derby
• St Vincent's School for the Blind

• Royal School for the Deaf, Derby
• St Vincent's School for the Blind

• Royal National College for the Blind

Severe Learning Difficulties

• Hopedale School
• iMAP
• Inscape House School (Together Trust)
• Seashell Trust (Royal School Manchester)
• Sunfield School

• Bladon House School
• David Lewis Centre
• iMAP
• Inscape House School (Together Trust)
• Petty Pool Vocational College
• Seashell Trust (Royal School Manchester)
• St John Vianney School
• Sunfield School

• Bridge College
• David Lewis College
• Derwen College
• Henshaws Specialist College
• Regent College
• Seashell Trust (Royal College Manchester)
• Arden College
• National Star College

Physical Difficulties

• Derwen College
• Seashell Trust
• Treloar Trust
• Arden College
• National Star College

Social, Emotional and Mental Health

• Acorns School (Stockport - Keys Childcare (Holdings) Ltd)
• Access School
• Ashcroft School (Together Trust)
• Bluebell School
• Chaigeley School
• Glebedale School (Acorn Care and Education Ltd)
• Hopedale School
• Reddish Hall School
• Rossendale School
• West Kirby Residential School
• Broadstones School 
• Halton School (Keys Group) 
• Lavender Field School 
• Lyme Brook Independent School (Prestige Adolescent Care and Education Ltd)
• Pace Education
• Peak Education
• Smallbrook School (Acorn Care and Education Ltd)

• Acorns School (Stockport - Keys Childcare (Holdings) Ltd)
• Halton School (Keys Group)
• Lavender Field School
• Lyme Brook Independent School (Prestige Adolescent Care and Education Ltd)
• Peak Education
• Smallbrook School (Acorn Care and Education Ltd)

• Pinc College