England
Special schools in East of England
134 special schools across 11 local authorities in East of England.
Local authorities in East of England
- Bedford 82
- Cambridgeshire 297
- Central Bedfordshire 131
- Essex 584
- Hertfordshire 574
- Luton 76
- Norfolk 448
- Peterborough 83
- Southend-on-Sea 53
- Suffolk 338
- Thurrock 54
Admissions are handled by each school or local authority, not by the region. Use a school's page for its published admissions figures and the postcode finder for distance.
Special schools in East of England
Sorted by school name. This is a directory, not a best-schools ranking: results reflect intake as well as teaching, historic Ofsted grades are not comparable with current report cards, and small cohorts may be suppressed.
134 schools
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Gardens SchoolOther independent special school | Bury St Edmunds | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Acorn Cottage The LodgeOther independent special school | Ipswich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Acorn Park SchoolOther independent special school | Norwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Active Support Education CentreOther independent special school | Beds | No overall grade | — | — | |
| All Saints SchoolOther independent special school | Norwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Amwell View SchoolCommunity special school | Ware | Outstanding 2024 | — | — | |
| Athena SchoolOther independent special school | Canvey Island | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Aurora Eccles SchoolOther independent special school | Norwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Aurora Fairway SchoolOther independent special school | St Ives | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Aurora Meldreth Manor SchoolOther independent special school | Royston | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Aurora White House SchoolOther independent special school | Norwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Avocet HouseOther independent special school | Heckingham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Banks House SchoolOther independent special school | Norwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Batchwood SchoolCommunity special school | St Albans | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Begdale House SchoolOther independent special school | Wisbech | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Bramfield House SchoolOther independent special school | Halesworth | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Breakspeare SchoolCommunity special school | Abbots Langley | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Broadlands HallOther independent special school | Haverhill | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cambian Dunbroch SchoolOther independent special school | Newmarket | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cambian Great Dunmow SchoolOther independent special school | Essex | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cambian Home Tree SchoolOther independent special school | Wisbech | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cambian Walnut Tree Lodge SchoolOther independent special school | Bedford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cambian Wisbech SchoolOther independent special school | Wisbech | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Castle School, CambridgeCommunity special school | Cambridge | Requires improvement 2024 | — | — | |
| Cedar Hall SchoolFoundation special school | Benfleet | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Centre Academy East AngliaOther independent special school | Ipswich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Chapel Green SchoolFoundation special school | Old Buckenham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Clarity Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Chelmsford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Claystone SchoolOther independent special school | Luton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Colnbrook SchoolCommunity special school | Watford | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Community-Ed AcademyOther independent special school | Great Yarmouth | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Compass Community School Aylward ParkOther independent special school | Suffolk | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Compass Community School Boleyn ParkOther independent special school | Westcliff-on-Sea | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Compass Community School Eld ParkOther independent special school | Thetford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Compass Community School EssexOther independent special school | ESSEX | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Doucecroft SchoolOther independent special school | Colchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| East Hall SchoolOther independent special school | Hitchin | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Elysium Healthcare Potters Bar Clinic SchoolOther independent special school | Potters Bar | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Esland Bedford SchoolOther independent special school | Silsoe | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Estuary High SchoolOther independent special school | Leigh-on-Sea | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Falconer SchoolCommunity special school | Bushey | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Felden Hall SchoolOther independent special school | Hemel Hempstead | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Fred Nicholson SchoolFoundation special school | Swaffham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Future EducationOther independent special school | Norwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Gable EndOther independent special school | Hitcham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Garston Manor SchoolCommunity special school | Watford | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Glenwood SchoolCommunity special school | Benfleet | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Granta SchoolCommunity special school | Cambridge | Requires improvement 2024 | — | — | |
| Greenside SchoolCommunity special school | Stevenage | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Gretton SchoolOther independent special school | Cambridge | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Hall SchoolFoundation special school | Norwich | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Harford Manor School, NorwichFoundation special school | Norwich | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Harlow Fields School and CollegeCommunity special school | Harlow | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Haywood Grove SchoolCommunity special school | Hemel Hempstead | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Heathlands SchoolCommunity special school | St Albans | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Heltwate SchoolCommunity special school | Peterborough | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| High TreesOther independent special school | London | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Hillside Special SchoolCommunity special school | Sudbury | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Holme Court SchoolOther independent special school | Cambridge | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Hope Tree SchoolOther independent special school | Cambridgeshire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| In Toto Ed CambridgeOther independent special school | Fordham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ivel Valley School & CollegeCommunity special school | Biggleswade | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| John Grant School, Caister-on-SeaFoundation special school | Great Yarmouth | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Kingsbrook SchoolOther independent special school | Norfolk | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Lady Zia Wernher SchoolCommunity special school | Luton | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Lakeside SchoolCommunity special school | Welwyn Garden City | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Learn and Prosper SchoolOther independent special school | Clacton-on-Sea | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Lonsdale SchoolCommunity special school | Stevenage | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Luxborough Court SchoolOther independent special school | Essex | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Marshfields SchoolCommunity special school | Peterborough | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Meadow Wood SchoolCommunity special school | Bushey | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Middleton SchoolCommunity special school | Ware | Outstanding 2024 | — | — | |
| Minerva Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Clacton-on-Sea | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ness Point SchoolOther independent special school | Suffolk | No overall grade | — | — | |
| New Skill CentreOther independent special school | Ipswich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Novaturient SchoolOther independent special school | Great Yarmouth | No overall grade | — | — | |
| OA - North ViewOther independent special school | Tilbury | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Octavia House Schools, EssexOther independent special school | Essex | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Omnia FoundationOther independent special school | Essex | No overall grade | — | — | |
| On Track Education MildenhallOther independent special school | Mildenhall | No overall grade | — | — | |
| On Track Education WisbechOther independent special school | Wisbech | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Orchard Manor SchoolOther independent special school | Nr King's Lynn | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ortus Education Ltd - West Raynham SchoolOther independent special school | Fakenham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Papworth Hall SchoolOther independent special school | Cambridge | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Park HouseOther independent special school | Peterborough | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Pushforward Primary SchoolOther independent special school | Rougham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Pushforward Secondary SchoolOther independent special school | Stowmarket | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Radlett Lodge SchoolOther independent special school | Radlett | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Red Balloon Educational Trust-NorfolkOther independent special school | Norwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Redbourn Park SchoolOther independent special school | Hemel Hempstead | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Redstone Hall SchoolOther independent special school | Ipswich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Rhodes Wood Hospital SchoolOther independent special school | Hertfordshire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Richmond Hill SchoolCommunity special school | Luton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ridgeway SchoolCommunity special school | Bedford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Samuel Pepys SchoolCommunity special school | St Neots | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Selwyn Hall SchoolOther independent special school | Cambridge | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Shelldene House SchoolOther independent special school | Wisbech | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Sheridan House SchoolOther independent special school | Thetford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Sheringham Woodfields SchoolFoundation special school | Sheringham | Outstanding 2024 | — | — | |
| Shorefields SchoolCommunity special school | Clacton-on-Sea | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Sidestrand Hall SchoolFoundation special school | Cromer | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Southfield SchoolCommunity special school | Hatfield | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St Andrew's SchoolOther independent special school | Cromer | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Elizabeth's SchoolNon-maintained special school | Much Hadham | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St John's RC School (Essex)Non-maintained special school | Woodford Bridge | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| St Luke's SchoolFoundation special school | St Albans | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Stannard SchoolOther independent special school | Dunstable | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Teaseldown SchoolOther independent special school | Halstead | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Beeches Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Peterborough | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Belsteads SchoolOther independent special school | Essex | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Chiltern SchoolCommunity special school | Dunstable | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| The Clare SchoolFoundation special school | Norwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Collett SchoolCommunity special school | Hemel Hempstead | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| The Damara SchoolOther independent special school | Thetford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Edith Borthwick SchoolCommunity special school | Braintree | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| The LighthouseOther independent special school | Norwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Old School HouseOther independent special school | Wisbech | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Parkside School, NorwichFoundation special school | Norwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Ryes CollegeOther independent special school | Sudbury | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Sage SchoolOther independent special school | March | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Stables Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Norwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Tower SchoolOther independent special school | Essex | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Valley SchoolCommunity special school | Stevenage | No overall grade | — | — | |
| The Yellow House SchoolOther independent special school | Halstead | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Turnstone House SchoolOther independent special school | Bungay | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Walnut Tree School LtdOther independent special school | Wisbech | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Watling View SchoolCommunity special school | St Albans | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Westfield House SchoolOther independent special school | Terrington St Clement | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Wetheringsett Manor SchoolOther independent special school | Stowmarket | No overall grade | — | — | |
| White Trees Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Hertfordshire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Woodcroft SchoolOther independent special school | Loughton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Woodend Farm SchoolOther independent special school | Witham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Woodfield SchoolCommunity special school | Hemel Hempstead | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Woodlands Secondary SchoolCommunity special school | Luton | Outstanding 2024 | — | — |