England
Special schools in North West
271 special schools across 24 local authorities in North West.
Local authorities in North West
- Blackburn with Darwen 85
- Blackpool 47
- Bolton 138
- Bury 88
- Cheshire East 171
- Cheshire West and Chester 174
- Cumberland 175
- Halton 66
- Knowsley 60
- Lancashire 687
- Liverpool 183
- Manchester 201
- Oldham 120
- Rochdale 104
- Salford 124
- Sefton 111
- St. Helens 76
- Stockport 128
- Tameside 103
- Trafford 97
- Warrington 92
- Westmorland and Furness 159
- Wigan 138
- Wirral 134
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 North West
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.
Schools 1–150 of 271
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.R.T.S. EducationOther independent special school | Merseyside | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Abbey School for Exceptional ChildrenOther independent special school | Cheshire West and Chester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Abbot's Lea SchoolCommunity special school | Liverpool | Outstanding 2024 | — | — | |
| Acorns Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Preston | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Acorns SchoolOther independent special school | Stockport | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Acre View Primary SchoolOther independent special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Adventure Wellbeing SchoolOther independent special school | Northwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Agricultural and Rural CentreOther independent special school | Stockport | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Aidenswood SchoolOther independent special school | Congleton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Aim HabonimOther independent special school | Salford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Alt Bridge SchoolCommunity special school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Angel Meadow SchoolOther independent special school | Salford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Appletree SchoolOther independent special school | Kendal | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Archers Brook SEMH SchoolCommunity special school | Ellesmere Port | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ash Meadow SchoolOther independent special school | St. Helens | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ashgate Specialist Support Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Manchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ashley High SchoolCommunity special school | Widnes | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Aurora Brooklands SchoolOther independent special school | Leyland | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Aurora Keyes Barn SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Aurora Summerfields SchoolOther independent special school | Wilmslow | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Aurora Woodlands SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Bank View High SchoolCommunity special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Belmont SchoolOther independent special school | Rossendale | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Birchwood SchoolOther independent special school | Warrington | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Birtenshaw School BoltonNon-maintained special school | Bolton | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Birtenshaw School MerseysideOther independent special school | Merseyside | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Blackpool Skills AcademyOther independent special school | Blackpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Bleasdale SchoolCommunity special school | Carnforth | Outstanding 2024 | — | — | |
| Bluebell Park SchoolCommunity special school | Liverpool | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Brambles SchoolOther independent special school | Mottram | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Breightmet SchoolOther independent special school | Bolton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Brentwood SchoolCommunity special school | Sale | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Bridge House SchoolOther independent special school | Stockport | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Bridgeway SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Bright Futures SchoolOther independent special school | Oldham NOT BOLTON | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Brinksway SchoolOther independent special school | Stockport | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Broadfield Specialist SchoolCommunity special school | Burnley | Outstanding 2024 | — | — | |
| Broadstones SchoolOther independent special school | Reddish | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Brook View SchoolOther independent special school | Preston | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Brookfield SchoolCommunity special school | Poulton-le-Fylde | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Brookland SchoolOther independent special school | Royton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| CEWE SchoolOther independent special school | Greater Manchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cairn Education CICOther independent special school | Cumbria | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Calder Lodge SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cambian Chesham House SchoolOther independent special school | Bury | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cambian Red Rose SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cambian Tyldesley SchoolOther independent special school | Manchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cambian Whinfell SchoolOther independent special school | Kendal | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Castle Hill High SchoolCommunity special school | Stockport | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Cavendish View SchoolOther independent special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cedar Lodge SchoolOther independent special school | Preston | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Chaigeley SchoolNon-maintained special school | Warrington | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Chances MentoringOther independent special school | Oldham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Changing LivesOther independent special school | Manchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cheshire Hall SchoolOther independent special school | Sandbach | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Chesnut Lodge Special SchoolCommunity special school | Widnes | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Childwall Abbey SchoolCommunity special school | Liverpool | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Chorley Astley Park SchoolCommunity special school | Chorley | Outstanding 2024 | — | — | |
| Clare Mount Specialist Sports CollegeCommunity special school | Leasowe | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Clifford Holroyde Sen CollegeCommunity special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cloughside CollegeCommunity special school | Manchester | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Compass Community Cledford ParkOther independent special school | Middlewich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Compass Community School LancashireOther independent special school | Burnley | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Crookhey Hall SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Crosby High SchoolCommunity special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Cumberland SchoolOther independent special school | Bolton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| David Lewis SchoolNon-maintained special school | Alderley Edge | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Dee Banks SchoolCommunity special school | Chester | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Delamere SchoolCommunity special school | Manchester | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN CollegeCommunity special school | Chester | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| EdStart Schools BoltonOther independent special school | Bolton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| EdStart Schools Oldham and RochdaleOther independent special school | Oldham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Eden SchoolOther independent special school | Macclesfield | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Edintervention SchoolOther independent special school | Swinton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Edstart Schools WirralOther independent special school | Wallasey | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Educ8 LiverpoolOther independent special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Educ8 SouthportOther independent special school | Southport | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Egerton High SchoolCommunity special school | Manchester | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Elleray Park SchoolCommunity special school | Wallasey | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Elm Tree Community Primary SchoolCommunity special school | Skelmersdale | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Elmy Hall SchoolOther independent special school | Northwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Esland Daven SchoolOther independent special school | Congleton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Expanse Learning Wigan SchoolOther independent special school | Wigan | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Fairfield House SchoolOther independent special school | Manchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Fell House SchoolOther independent special school | Grange-Over-Sands | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Fern House School and CollegeOther independent special school | Frodsham | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Forestwood SchoolOther independent special school | Bury | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Foundations for LIFE SchoolOther independent special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Fox Wood Special SchoolCommunity special school | Warrington | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Foxfield SchoolCommunity special school | Woodchurch | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Gilbrook SchoolCommunity special school | Wirral | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Great Arley SchoolCommunity special school | Thornton-Cleveleys | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Great Howarth SchoolOther independent special school | Rochdale | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Green Fold SchoolCommunity special school | Bolton | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Green Lane Community Special SchoolCommunity special school | Warrington | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Greenbank SchoolCommunity special school | Northwich | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Grow Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Barrowford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Hayfield SchoolCommunity special school | Wirral | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Hazel Cottage SchoolOther independent special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Healey Learning CentreOther independent special school | Rochdale | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Heaton SchoolCommunity special school | Stockport | Requires improvement 2024 | — | — | |
| High Peak SchoolOther independent special school | Cheshire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Hillside Specialist School and CollegeCommunity special school | Preston | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Hinderton SchoolCommunity special school | Ellesmere Port | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Holdsworth SchoolOther independent special school | Burnley | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Holly Grove SchoolCommunity special school | Burnley | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Hope Corner SchoolOther independent special school | Halton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Hope High SchoolCommunity special school | Skelmersdale | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Hope SchoolCommunity special school | Wigan | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Hope SchoolCommunity special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Horizons Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Birkenhead | No overall grade | — | — | |
| IMPACT Northwest SchoolsOther independent special school | Birkenhead | No overall grade | — | — | |
| IncludEd LearningOther independent special school | Manchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Infinite Schools - WarringtonOther independent special school | Warrington | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Infinite Schools WiganOther independent special school | Wigan | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Inscape House SchoolNon-maintained special school | Stockport | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Kilgarth SchoolCommunity special school | Birkenhead | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Kingsbury Primary Special SchoolCommunity special school | Skelmersdale | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Kirby Moor SchoolOther independent special school | Brampton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Kirkham Pear Tree SchoolCommunity special school | Preston | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Knowsley Central SchoolCommunity special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Lake House SchoolOther independent special school | Bolton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Lakeside SchoolOther independent special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Lancasterian SchoolCommunity special school | Manchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Landgate School, BrynCommunity special school | Wigan | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Lansbury Bridge SchoolCommunity special school | St Helens | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Lavender Field SchoolOther independent special school | Crewe | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Lawrence House SchoolOther independent special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Learn 4 Life SchoolOther independent special school | Skelmersdale | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Linton SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Liverpool Progressive SchoolOther independent special school | Liverpool | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Lower PasturesOther independent special school | Nr Darwen | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Manchester Hospital SchoolCommunity special school | Manchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Manchester Jewish School for Special EducationOther independent special school | Manchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Maple Grove SchoolOther independent special school | Cheshire West and Chester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Maple House SchoolOther independent special school | Manchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Martha H SchoolOther independent special school | Wigan | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Mayfield House SchoolOther independent special school | Lancashire | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Mayfield SchoolCommunity special school | Whitehaven | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Mayfield SchoolCommunity special school | Chorley | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Meadow View Learning CentreOther independent special school | Chorley | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Meadows SchoolOther independent special school | Rochdale | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Meadowside SchoolCommunity special school | Wirral | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Mill Green SchoolCommunity special school | St Helens | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Mill School - BuryOther independent special school | Bury | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Millstead SchoolCommunity special school | Liverpool | Outstanding 2024 | — | — | |
| Millwood Primary Special SchoolCommunity special school | Bury | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Minds EducationOther independent special school | Mossley | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Moorbrook SchoolCommunity special school | Preston | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Moorlands View SchoolOther independent special school | Burnley | No overall grade | — | — |