Education

Here you will find contact details and Special Educational Needs (SEN) reports for nursery schools:

Ashmore Park Nursery School
Bilston Nursery School
Bushbury Nursery School
Eastfield Nursery School
Low Hill Nursery School
Phoenix Nursery School
Windsor Nursery School

Special Educational Needs (SEN) information reports:

Under the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms each schools is required to provide information for parents on how they support children and young people with SEND.

SEN information reports are intended to tell you how the school's SEN policy is used. How help and support for pupils with SEND works in that setting. What happens and how, not what they aspire to. The SEN information report should be written in a way that makes the information clear and meaningful for parents. The SEN Information report fcan be accessed from the schools website, you can also ask the schools office to give you a printed copy of their SEN information report.

You can also inform the school if it was difficult for you to find this information on their website.

Inclusive nurseries meet the needs of children with severe/complex needs and/or significant difficulties within the Early Years Foundation Stage and up to Reception. They provide an appropriately staffed setting where children are taught within mainstream groups. The Service will work in partnership with parents/carers in meeting children needs, and in doing so will also take in to consideration the needs of parents/carers.

Wolverhampton has a number of inclusive nursery settings, here you will find their contact details and Special Educational Needs (SEN) reports:

Bilston Nursery School
Bushbury Nursery School
Low Hill Nursery School
Windsor Nursery School

Here you will find contact details and Special Educational Needs (SEN) reports for infant schools:

Christ Church (Church of England) Infant School and Nursery
Westacre Infant School

Special Educational Needs (SEN) information reports:

Under the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms each schools is required to provide information for parents on how they support children and young people with SEND.

SEN information reports are intended to tell you how the school's SEN policy is used. How help and support for pupils with SEND works in that setting. What happens and how, not what they aspire to. The SEN information report should be written in a way that makes the information clear and meaningful for parents. The SEN Information report fcan be accessed from the schools website, you can also ask the schools office to give you a printed copy of their SEN information report.

You can also tell the school that it was difficult for you to find this information on their website and they will want to make sure that it is made easier in the future.

Here you will find contact details and Special Educational Needs (SEN) reports for junior schools:

Christ Church, Church of England Junior School
Uplands Junior School

Special Educational Needs (SEN) information reports:

Under the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms each schools is required to provide information for parents on how they support children and young people with SEND.

SEN information reports are intended to tell you how the school's SEN policy is used. How help and support for pupils with SEND works in that setting. What happens and how, not what they aspire to. The SEN information report should be written in a way that makes the information clear and meaningful for parents. The SEN Information report fcan be accessed from the schools website, you can also ask the schools office to give you a printed copy of their SEN information report.

You can also inform the school if it was difficult for you to find this information on their website.

Here you will find contact details and Special Educational Needs (SEN) reports for primary schools:

Bantock Primary School
Berrybrook Primary School
Bilston Church of England Primary School
Bushbury Hill Primary School
Bushbury Lane Academy
Castlecroft Primary School
Claregate Primary School
Corpus Christi Catholic Primary Academy
D'Eyncourt Primary School
Dovecotes Primary School
Dunstall Hill Primary School
East Park Academy
Eastfield Primary School
Edward the Elder Primary School
Elston Hall Primary School
Fallings Park Primary School
Field View Primary School
Goldthorn Park Primary School
Graiseley Primary School
Grove Primary School
Hill Avenue Academy
Holy Rosary Catholic Primary Academy
Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School
Lanesfield Primary School
Long Knowle Primary School
Loxdale Primary School
Manor Primary School
Merridale Primary School
Nishkam Primary School Wolverhampton
Northwood Park Primary School
Oak Meadow Primary School
Palmers Cross Primary School
Parkfield Primary School
Perry Hall Primary School
Rakegate Primary School
Springdale Primary School
Spring Vale Primary School
SS Mary and John's Catholic Primary Academy
SS Peter and Paul Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery
St Alban's C of E Academy
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School
St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy 
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School
St Jude's Church of England Primary Academy
St Luke's Church of England (Aided) Primary School
St Martin's Church of England Primary School
St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy
St Michael's Catholic Primary Academy and Nursery
St Michael's Church of England Aided Primary School
St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy 
St Paul's Church of England Aided Primary School
St Stephen's Church of England Primary School 
St Teresa's Catholic Primary Academy
St Thomas' Church of England Primary Academy
Stow Heath Primary School
Stowlawn Primary School
The Royal School Wolverhampton
Trinity Church of England Primary Academy
Villiers Primary School
Warstones Primary School
West Park Primary School
Whitgreave Primary School
Wilkinson Primary School
Woden Primary School
Wodensfield Primary School
Wood End Primary School
Woodfield Primary School
Woodthorne Primary School

Special Educational Needs (SEN) information reports:

Under the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms each schools is required to provide information for parents on how they support children and young people with SEND.

SEN information reports are intended to tell you how the school's SEN policy is used. How help and support for pupils with SEND works in that setting. What happens and how, not what they aspire to. The SEN information report should be written in a way that makes the information clear and meaningful for parents. The SEN Information report fcan be accessed from the schools website, you can also ask the schools office to give you a printed copy of their SEN information report.

You can also inform the school if it was difficult for you to find this information on their website.

Here you will find contact details and Special Educational Needs (SEN) reports for secondary schools:

Aldersley High School
Colton Hills Community School
Coppice Performing Arts School
Heath Park
Highfields School
Moreton School
Moseley Park
Ormiston NEW Academy
Ormiston SWB Academy
Our Lady and St Chad Catholic Academy
S. Peter's Collegiate School
Smestow School
St Edmund's Catholic Academy
St Matthias School
The Khalsa Academy Wolverhampton
The King's Church of England School
The Royal School Wolverhampton
Thomas Telford University Technical College
Wednesfield High Specialist Engineering Academy
Wolverhampton Girls' High School

Special Educational Needs (SEN) information reports:

Under the special educational needs and disability (SEND) reforms each schools is required to provide information for parents on how they support children and young people with SEND.

SEN information reports are intended to tell you how the school's SEN policy is used. How help and support for pupils with SEND works in that setting. What happens and how, not what they aspire to. The SEN information report should be written in a way that makes the information clear and meaningful for parents. The SEN Information report fcan be accessed from the schools website, you can also ask the schools office to give you a printed copy of their SEN information report.

You can also inform the school if it was difficult for you to find this information on their website.

Some mainstream schools have additional resources to meet specific needs. In order to access a resource provision a child is generally required to have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). However, an EHCP does not guarantee a place in a resource base or a SEN Unit, neither does it mean that a child with an EHCP must go to a special school or resource base.

Primary schools with resource bases

Castlecroft Primary School
Resource base for pupils with visual impairments (VI)
Palmers Cross Primary School
Resource base for pupils with Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
Springdale Primary School
Resource base for pupils with Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
St Martin's Church of England Primary School
Resource base for pupils with Autism (ASD)
St Michael's Church of England Aided Primary School
Resource base for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)
Warstones Primary School
Resource base for pupils with hearing impairment (HI)
St Michael's Church of England Aided Primary School
Resource base for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH)

Secondary school with resource bases

Aldersley High School
Resource base for pupils with autism (ASD) and Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
St Matthias School
Resource base for pupils with hearing impairment (HI)

A special school is a school catering for students who have special educational needs due to learning difficulties, physical disabilities or behavioral problems. Special schools may be specifically designed, staffed and resourced to provide appropriate special education for children with additional needs.

In order to access a special school a child should have an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP).

Here you will find contact details and further information on special schools: 

Broadmeadow Special School
Green Park School
Penn Fields School
Penn Hall School
Pine Green Academy
Tettenhall Wood School
Westcroft School
Wolverhampton Vocational Training Centre

Pupil referral centres are schools established and maintained by a local authority under section 19 (2) of the Education Act 1996 which is specially organised to provide education for pupils who would otherwise not receive suitable education because of illness, exclusion or any other reason.

Local authorities must make arrangements where, for any reason, a child of compulsory school age would not otherwise receive suitable education. Suitable education means efficient education suitable to a child or young person’s age, ability and aptitude and to any SEN he or she may have. This education must be full time, unless the local authority determines that, for reasons relating to the physical or mental health of the child, a reduced level of education would be in the child’s best interests.

Here you will find a list of Pupil referal centres.

If you were thinking of sending your child or young person to a school or college out of Wolverhampton, the place of learning must be approved.

Those which meet the SEND Code of Practice criteria can be found on the approved independent special schools and colleges list.  This list is updated by Gov.uk on a termly basis. The school or college of your choice must be named in your young person’s Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan.  

The duties and rights relating to admissions are the same across maintained schools, academies, further education colleges and non-maintained special schools in that:

• A child or young person has a right to request that an institution on the approved list is named in their EHC plan
• If the institution is named in an EHC plan, the local authority is under a qualified duty to secure a place
• If the institution is named in an EHC plan, the institution must admit the pupil or young person

The City of Wolverhampton Council has a duty to be satisfied with the named school’s most recent education and social care inspection when preparing the EHC plan.

In accordance with Section 19(1) of the Education Act 1996 as amended by section 3 of the Children, Schools and Families Act 2010, local authorities are responsible for arranging full-time education for permanently excluded pupils, and for pupils who - because of illness or other reasons - would not receive suitable education without such provision.

These are arrangements made elsewhere than at a school which include pupil referral units, alternative provision academies and alternative provision free schools. Local authorities must have regard to statutory guidance on alternative provision and on the education of children unable to attend school because of health needs.

Local authorities, schools and post-16 education providers may commission alternative provision for other children and young people who face barriers to participation in mainstream education or training.

EHCP plans and Alternative Provision

Alternative provision must be arranged in line with a child or young person’s EHC plan. Local authorities may need to amend a plan where, for example, a child or young person is no longer attending the institution named on it. They should also consider whether the EHC plan needs to be reviewed to ensure that the child or young person’s SEN will be appropriately supported. Where alternative provision is specified in a child or young person’s EHC plan the local authority must arrange that provision.

Provision of online learning

Alternative provision includes providers of online learning. Whilst it will not be appropriate in every case, online learning can offer certain benefits where there are significant barriers to a child or young person physically attending an educational institution. For example, online learning can provide for real-time teaching support, allow access to a broader curriculum and offer opportunities for students to interact with each other. Decisions on whether to arrange online learning are for the local authority or institution commissioning the provision to make, although they should take into account the views of professionals, parents or carers and the child or young person.

Approved list of Alternative provision

To support schools with commissioning arrangements and to maintain a consistent approach to purchasing AP, the City of Wolverhampton Council is currently developing it’s alternative provision framework in order to publish a Directory of Approved Providers. We endeavour to have awarded to Round 4 providers by Q4 23/24, after which details of all Supplier’s accepted onto the Framework Agreement will be shared via a directory and will also be available on the Contracts Finder website.

For further details about support available from the Inclusion team who promote inclusion and prevent exclusion of the children and young people in the city, please visit the City of Wolverhampton Council’s website to view the information.