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Each school below shows how many of its pupils get SEN support or have an EHC plan. Open one for its most common needs, how it compares with England and Derbyshire, and questions to ask the SENCO.

370 schools

Share of pupils on SEN support and with an EHC plan, January 2026.

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Questions parents ask

How many mainstream schools are there in Derbyshire?

Derbyshire has 370 state mainstream schools (332 primary and 38 secondary). In January 2026, at its primary schools, 17% of pupils got SEN support and 3.9% had an EHC plan (England: 15.4% and 4.1%); at its secondary schools, 13.7% of pupils got SEN support and 4.2% had an EHC plan (England: 14.1% and 3.5%).

Which mainstream schools in Derbyshire have an SEN unit or resourced provision?

Aldercar High School, Aldercar Infant School, Brampton Primary School, Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary School, Chapel-en-le-Frith High School, Dunston Primary and Nursery Academy, Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School, Hilltop Primary Academy, Hope Valley College, Langley Mill Academy, New Whittington Community Primary School and Newton Solney CofE (Aided) Infant School, and 8 more. They are listed with the area’s special schools.

How do I get SEN support at a mainstream school?

Talk to the class teacher and the school’s SENCO (special educational needs co-ordinator). Your child doesn’t need a diagnosis. If they need more help than the school can usually give, you or the school can ask Derbyshire council for an EHC needs assessment.

What do the figures mean?

SEN support is help in school without an EHC plan; an EHC plan is a legal plan from the council for children who need more. The figures show how many children a school supports, not how well, so talk to the SENCO and read the school’s SEN information report.

School data: DfE Get Information About Schools, SEN figures from DfE Special educational needs in England (the January school census), under the Open Government Licence. Postcode lookups by postcodes.io: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right, Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right, and National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right. Always check details and admissions with the school and your council.