SEND Services in Nottinghamshire
Navigating SEND support in Nottinghamshire can feel overwhelming, but you're not alone - Nottinghamshire County Council, the tenth largest in England, serves a diverse mix of urban and rural communities with a strong history of inclusion that keeps most children with SEND in local mainstream schools without needing an EHCP. Following a joint local area SEND inspection in January 2023, the area has launched a fresh outcomes-based strategy for 2024-2027, focusing on better health access, higher attendance, faster specialist placements, and improved transitions for 16- to 25-year-olds. While demand for specialist provision is rising like nationally, families can turn to Ask Us Nottinghamshire SENDIASS for free, impartial advice to guide you every step.
With the new outcomes-based strategy aiming for faster specialist placements and smoother transitions, JakTrack gives Nottinghamshire families that same sense of being prepared and in control, turning everyday moments into a quiet-building case that supports your voice at every meeting. It feels like having a steady companion by your side - spotting patterns you might miss, so you walk in supported rather than scrambling. Starting early lets the evidence grow naturally over time, making those big steps feel far less daunting. see how JakTrack can help
Schools & SEND Provision
364
Schools
27
Specialist
9
SEN Units & Resource Bases
128,914
Total Pupils
14,534 pupils
3,692 pupils
Services & Contacts
Local Offer
Every Local Authority must publish a "Local Offer" - a directory of all SEND services and provision in their area.
View Nottinghamshire's Local OfferIASS
Free, impartial advice about SEND - EHCPs, school issues, exclusions, navigating the system.
Ask Us Nottinghamshire
Parent Carer Forum
Rainbow PCF (Rainbow Parent Carers Forum)
EHCP
SEN Team
SEND Team
Nottinghamshire County Council Integrated Children's Disability Service
Short Breaks
Portage
Early Childhood Services
Provides Early Years Disability Access Fund and support for children with disabilities
Educational Psychology
Educational Psychology Service (EPS)
Occupational Therapy
Children's Occupational Therapy
Speech and Language Therapy
Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service - Community Children & Young People's Specialist Service
Other Services
Preparing for Adulthood
Personal Budgets / Direct Payments
Home to School Transport / Travel Assistance
Family Hub Networks
Healthy Family Teams
Community Training Team
Adult Deaf and Visual Impairment Service (ADVIS)
Adult Speech and Language Therapy
Adoption East Midlands
Autism East Midlands Family Support Hubs
Autism East Midlands
Various locations across Nottinghamshire including Heanor, Kirkby in Ashfield, Newark, Nottingham City, and Worksop
Keyworker Service
Nottinghamshire Keyworker Service
For more information about peer support: [email protected]
Behaviourally Intensive Community Support (BICS)
The Big House
Autism Education Trust
Autism Education Trust
Bluebird Care - Home Care Services
Bookstart - Early Years Reading Support
Brooke Farm Employment Training Hub
Care Quality Commission (CQC)
Care to Learn - Student Childcare Support
CareCo Mobility Equipment
Carefound Home Care
Carelink24 Personal Alarms
Caremark Home Care Services
Carer's Allowance
Carers UK Helpline
Carers Space Notts
Caudwell Children - Warm Homes
Cinema Exhibitors' Association (CEA) Card
Change Grow Live - Substance Use Services
Changing Leaves Play Therapy
Changing Places
Chaplaincy Services
Child Development Centre Information Service
Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
Child Bereavement UK
Child Brain Injury Trust
Children's Funeral Fund
Children's Epilepsy Nurse Specialists
Children's Education Advisory Service (CEAS)
The Children's Trust
Chiltern Music Therapy
CLAPA (Cleft Lip and Palate Association)
Coeliac UK
Colostomy UK
Combat Stress
Communication Specialist College
Contact for families with disabled children
CORAM BAAF
Coram Children's Legal Centre
Coram Family and Childcare Trust
Council for Disabled Children
Crohn's & Colitis UK
Cruse Bereavement Support
Darlton Gliding Club
Dawn House School
Deaf Community Services
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Children's Diabetes Services
Doncaster School for the Deaf
Eating Disorders Service
Epilepsy and Intellectual Disability Specialist Service
Endeavour Academy
Family Fund
Family Fund
Family Lives
Family Lives
Family Nurse Partnership
Family Nurse Partnership (Nottinghamshire County)
Family Service (Early Help)
Family Service
Family Service North (Bassetlaw, Newark & Sherwood) - 0115 8041465, Family Service South (Broxtowe, Gedling & Rushcliffe) - 0115 8546438, Family Service Mid (Ashfield & Mansfield) - 0115 8040346
Footprints Conductive Education Centre
Fragile X Society
Fragile X Society
Framework Housing Association
FRANK (Drug Advice)
First Steps ED
Fledglings
Fledglings
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Families Need Fathers
Fibromyalgia Association UK
Fibromyalgia Association UK
PA1 1JS
Benefits Helpline: 0300 999 0055
Friends, Families and Travellers
Friends, Families and Travellers
GamCare
Gamblers Anonymous
Glaucoma UK
Global Mediation (SEND)
Go Beyond
GAIN (Guillain-Barré & Associated Inflammatory Neuropathies)
Happy Days Children's Charity
Heads2gether (Head and Neck Cancer Support Group)
Headway Nottingham
Hear Together
Hearing Link Services
Hearing Voices Network
Heart Research UK
The Healing Trust
Help for Heroes
The Helpful Bureau
Helping Hands Home Care
HemiHelp
Henry Spink Foundation
Home Energy Advice Team (HEAT) Hub
Home Instead
Home Start
Home Start Newark
Home Start Nottingham
Home Start Mansfield
Hope Services
Hourglass
Huntington's Disease Association
Hypermobility Syndromes Association
Hypoparathyroidism UK
Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Association
Independent Age
Independent Lives
In Control
Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust
Inspire Culture Learning and Libraries
Inspire Youth Arts
International Stress Management Association
NHS Health Check
NHS App and Digital Services
Young Onset Dementia Service
Newborn Hearing Screening
Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership
NG5 6DA
Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
Mental Health Services for Older People
Mobility Centre
Nottinghamshire Parent Carer Forum (NPCF)
Nottinghamshire Crisis Sanctuaries
Nottinghamshire Crisis Sanctuaries
Nottinghamshire Victim Care
Nottinghamshire Victim Care
Nottinghamshire Independent Domestic Abuse Services (NIDAS)
Nottinghamshire Hospice
Nottinghamshire Recovery College
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust
Nottinghamshire Mind
Nottinghamshire Training Group
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
NOTTS Outdoors
Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Partnership
Nottinghamshire Families Information Service
Nottinghamshire FIS
Nottinghamshire Kinship Support Service
Kinship Support Service
Nottinghamshire Independent Travel Training
Independent Travel Training
RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People)
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sense Children's Specialist Service
Sense College Loughborough
Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC)
Royal School for the Deaf Derby
SignHealth
Sickle Cell Society
Spinal Injuries Association
SarcoidosisUK
SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death charity)
Save The Children
Shaw Trust
Shine (Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus charity)
Shelter
The Sequal Trust
Sexual Health Services
The Silver Line
Shopmobility
Shout
SSAFA - Armed Forces Charity
Lifetime Lawyers
Solid Healthcare
Solid Rock Care Ltd
Special Needs Dentistry
CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services)
Space Inclusive Day Opportunities
Specialist SEN Tuition & Engagement Support
The Communication Trust
STOMP and STAMP
Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
SurvivorsUK
Terrence Higgins Trust
Sue Ryder
Stay Alive App
Steps Worldwide
Stonewall Housing
Support for Survivors
Survivors in Transition
Tackling Loneliness Collaborative (TLC)
Talk to Frank
TaxAid
Teachers To Your Home
TechSilver
Telecare Choice
Telecare24
Therapeutic Interactions
Therapy Directory
Therapy Nottingham
Thrombosis UK
Together for Short Lives
Tourette's Action
TOFS (Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula Support)
Tuberous Sclerosis Association
Unique - Understanding Chromosome Disorders
UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF)
Variety: The Children's Charity
Versus Arthritis
Victim Support
WheelPower
When You Wish Upon A Star
Winston's Wish
Working Families
Working Well East Midlands
Young Carers Service
Direct Payment Support Services
Multiple providers including Purple Direct Payment Support Service, Solo Support Services, Penderels Trust, People Plus Group
Community Transport
Your CVS Community Transport Scheme
Independent Travel Training
Nottinghamshire Independent Travel Training Scheme
New EHCPs by Primary Need
Schools
Ash Lea School
SpecialGoodBlue Mountain Education
SpecialBracken Hill School
SpecialCarlton Digby School
SpecialOutstandingHope House School
SpecialHorizons Academy
SpecialNewark Orchard School
SpecialPortland College
SpecialR.E.A.L. Independent Schools Mansfield
SpecialRedgate Primary Academy
SpecialGoodSt Giles School
SpecialWings School Notts
SpecialYeoman Park Academy
SpecialNot judgedAPTCOO - A Place to Call Our Own
SpecialBestwood Village School
SpecialBright Fields School
SpecialEasthorpe School
SpecialEndeavour Academy
SpecialInadequateLongdale Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre
SpecialPollyteach Limited
SpecialProgression 2 Work
SpecialVenture Learning
SpecialWestbourne School
SpecialHolgate Primary and Nursery School
PrimaryGoodLeverton Church of England Academy
PrimaryGoodProspect Hill Infant and Nursery School
PrimaryGoodSelston Church of England Infant and Nursery School
PrimaryNot judgedNot Applicable
Understanding school SEND provision
Schools in England provide SEND support at different levels. Here's what each type means:
Specialist School
A school that exclusively educates children with SEND. Smaller classes (typically 6-12 pupils), staff trained in specific needs, and environments designed for children who need more support than mainstream can provide. Places are usually named in an EHCP.
SEN Unit
A dedicated unit within a mainstream school, staffed by specialists. Children are on the roll of the unit but may join mainstream classes for some lessons. Offers a middle ground - specialist support with mainstream social opportunities. Usually requires an EHCP.
Resource Base
Extra resourced provision attached to a mainstream school. Children are on the mainstream roll but can access additional support, equipment, and specialist staff. Some resource bases focus on specific needs like autism or speech and language.
SEN Support (Mainstream)
Every mainstream school has a legal duty to identify and support children with SEND. This includes having a SENCO (Special Educational Needs Coordinator), providing reasonable adjustments, and putting in place SEN Support plans. You don't need an EHCP for SEN Support.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions from families about SEND support in Nottinghamshire.
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Social Care
Early Help Unit