Special Educational Needs and Disability 

SEND school search

To search for ISC schools offering provision for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) please use our SEND school search. There are approximately 50 ISC specialist schools that cater wholly or mainly for children with SEND. Over 1,380 ISC schools currently cater for at least one child with SEND

A range of specialist provision is made available to pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability in ISC schools including:

• Specialist support by educational psychologists
• Speech and language therapists
• Occupational therapists
• Individual and group learning support
• Out-of-hours support
• Access to alternative curriculum options
• Learning mentor support (behaviour)
• Specialised units for learning difficulties

SEND authorities

• British Dyslexic Association
• National Association for Special Educational Needs (nasen)
• Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils (CReSTeD)
• National Association for Able Children in Education (nace)
• Dyspraxia Foundation

SEND resource for parents:

• Independent Parental Special Education Advice (IPSEA)

Pupils and Staff

• 103,000 pupils at our schools have special educational needs.
• 55,000 pupils are identified as having Specific Learning Difficulty (SpLD) and 7,000 pupils have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plans.