Special schools in Staffordshire

• 451open schools
• 309primary
• 57secondary
• 39independent
• 129,922pupils

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• Achieve Beyond Schools, Stafford

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 5 to 13

  The Stables, the Hollies, 120 Newport Road, Stafford, ST16 1BY

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Aurora Hanley School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 6 to 19 · 84 pupils

  Cambrian Way, off Eaves Lane, Bucknall, Stoke on Trent, ST2 8PQ

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Beacon Independent School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 9 to 16 · 4 pupils

  Security House, Littleton Drive, Cannock, WS12 4TS

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Blackfriars Academy

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 11 to 19 · 121 pupils

  Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 2TF

  Ofsted 11 Oct 2023 (ungraded): School remains Outstanding

• Bluebell School Ltd

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 3 to 19 · 138 pupils

  Gloucester Road, Kidsgrove, Stoke on Trent, ST7 1EH

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Castle Hill School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 7 to 14 · 17 pupils

  2 Castle Hill, Nantwich Road, Audley, Newcastle Under Lyme, ST7 8DH

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Chasetown Community School

  Special school · Community special school · ages 7 to 13 · 81 pupils

  Church Street, Chasetown, Burntwood, WS7 3QL

  Ofsted 24 Jun 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Cherry Trees School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 3 to 11 · 65 pupils

  Giggetty Lane, Wombourne, Wolverhampton, WV5 0AX

  Ofsted 28 Feb 2024: Good

• Cicely Haughton School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 4 to 11 · 55 pupils

  Westwood Manor, Mill Lane, Wetley Rocks, Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 0BX

  Ofsted 10 Jun 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Compass Community School Staffordshire

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 11 to 17 · Boys · 7 pupils

  Wentworth House, Ellastone Road, Caulden Lowe, Staffordshire, ST10 3ER

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Coppice Academy

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 11 to 16 · 106 pupils

  Abbots Way, Westlands, Newcastle, ST5 2EY

  Ofsted 4 Feb 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Draycott Moor College

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 10 to 18 · 43 pupils

  Draycott Old Road, Draycott-in-the-Moors, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9AH

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Elm House School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 5 to 14 · 5 pupils

  15 Mill Road, Cheadle, Stoke on Trent, ST10 1NG

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Great Oaks College

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 11 to 19 · 51 pupils

  Longford Road, Cannock, WS11 0LG

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Independent

• Greenhall

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 2 to 5 · 39 pupils

  Second Avenue, Holmcroft, Stafford, ST16 1PS

  Ofsted 2 Apr 2025 (ungraded): Standards maintained

• Heather Field School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 3 to 19 · 129 pupils

  New Burton House, Burton Bank Lane, Stafford, ST17 9JW

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Hednesford Valley High School

  Special school · Community special school · ages 11 to 19 · 205 pupils

  Stanley Road, Hednesford, WS12 4JS

  Ofsted 9 Oct 2024 (ungraded): Standards maintained

• Hopedale School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 4 to 18 · 68 pupils

  Hopedale House, Off West Drive, Cheddleton, ST13 7ED

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Horton Lodge Community Special School

  Special school · Community special school · ages 2 to 11 · 66 pupils

  Rudyard, Leek, ST13 8RB

  Ofsted 24 Jan 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Ivetsey Bank Hospital School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 11 to 18 · 21 pupils

  Ivetsey Bank, Wheaton Aston, Stafford, ST19 9QT

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Kaleidoscope School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 4 to 16 · 41 pupils

  Porthill Lodge, High Street, Wolstanton, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, ST5 0EZ

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Ladybird Manor School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 5 to 16 · 0 pupils

  147 Stamford Hill, London, WV4 5NN

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Little Kinvaston School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 8 to 16 · 12 pupils

  Little Kinvaston House, Watling Street, Gailey, ST19 5PR

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Longdon Hall School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 7 to 18 · 81 pupils

  Longdon Hall School, Longdon Green, Nr Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS15 4PT

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Independent

• Longridge School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 7 to 18 · 13 pupils

  Levedale Road, Penkridge, Staffordshire, ST18 9AL

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Loxley Hall School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 11 to 16 · Boys · 105 pupils

  Stafford Road, Uttoxeter, ST14 8RS

  Ofsted 8 Jul 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Lyme Brook Independent School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 8 to 16 · 6 pupils

  90 King Street, Newcastle Under-Lyme, ST5 1JB

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Maple Hayes Hall School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 7 to 17 · 131 pupils

  Abnalls Lane, Lichfield, WS13 8BL

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Marshlands School

  Special school · Community special school · ages 5 to 11 · 201 pupils

  Second Avenue, Tillington, Stafford, ST16 1PS

  Ofsted 5 Feb 2025 (ungraded): Standards maintained

• Merryfields School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 2 to 11 · 118 pupils

  Hoon Avenue, Newcastle, ST5 9NY

  Ofsted 14 May 2025 (ungraded): Standards maintained

• Mortimer House School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 11 to 18 · 19 pupils

  Mortimer House, 17 Victoria Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7HS

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Options Trent Acres School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 5 to 19 · 139 pupils

  Alrewas Road, Kings Bromley, Burton on Trent, DE13 7HR

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Independent

• Parkgate Farm

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 7 to 16 · 3 pupils

  Ipstones Edge, Ipstones, Stoke-On-Trent, ST10 2LR

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Queen's Croft High School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 11 to 19 · 201 pupils

  Birmingham Road, Lichfield, WS13 6PJ

  Ofsted 22 Feb 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Roaches School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 5 to 16 · 40 pupils

  Tunstall Road, Knypersley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST8 7AB

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Robin's Nest School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 8 to 18 · 13 pupils

  The Old School House, Watling Street, Gailey, Cannock, ST19 5PR

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Independent

• Rocklands School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 2 to 11 · 140 pupils

  Purcell Avenue, Lichfield, WS13 7PH

  Ofsted 7 Jul 2022 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Rugeley School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 5 to 19 · 72 pupils

  Blithbury Road, Blithbury, Rugeley, WS15 3JQ

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Saxon Hill Academy

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 2 to 19 · 130 pupils

  Kings Hill Road, Lichfield, WS14 9DE

  Ofsted report card, 25 Nov 2025

• Sherbrook Primary School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 2 to 11 · 135 pupils

  Grainger Court, Cannock, WS11 5SA

  Ofsted 18 Oct 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good (predecessor school)

• Springfield School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 3 to 11 · 73 pupils

  Springfield Road, Leek, ST13 6LQ

  Ofsted 28 Sep 2022: Good

• Sutherland School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 5 to 18 · 29 pupils

  Hospital Street, Tamworth, B79 7EE

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Sycamore Meadow Outdoor Learning Centre

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 8 to 19 · 4 pupils

  Draycott Cross, Cheadle, The Sycamores, Stoke-on-Trent, ST10 2NT

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• The Fountains High School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 11 to 18 · 246 pupils

  Bitham Lane, Stretton, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 0HB

  Ofsted 7 Dec 2022: Good

• The Fountains Primary School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 2 to 11 · 206 pupils

  Bitham Lane, Stretton, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 0HB

  Ofsted 13 Sep 2023: Good

• The Haven School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 11 to 19 · 53 pupils

  Cabins 24, 25 and 26, Dunston Business Village, Dunston, Staffordshire, ST18 9AB

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• The Manor School

  Special school · Other independent special school · ages 7 to 18

  Manor House, High Street, Uttoxeter, ST14 7JQ

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• The Meadows School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 11 to 19 · 129 pupils

  Springfield Road, Leek, ST13 6EU

  Ofsted 19 Mar 2025 (ungraded): Standards maintained

• Two Rivers High School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 11 to 19 · 286 pupils

  Torc Campus, Silver Link Road, Glascote Heath, Tamworth, B77 2HJ

  Ofsted 21 Feb 2024 (ungraded): School remains Outstanding

• Two Rivers Primary School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 2 to 11 · 135 pupils

  Quince, Amington, Tamworth, B77 4EN

  Ofsted 17 Apr 2024 (ungraded): School remains Outstanding

• Walton Hall Academy

  Special school · Academy special sponsor led · ages 11 to 19 · 223 pupils

  Stafford Road, Eccleshall, Stafford, ST21 6JR

  Ofsted 6 Jul 2022 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Wightwick Hall School

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 11 to 19 · 175 pupils

  Tinacre Hill, Compton, Wolverhampton, WV6 8DA

  Ofsted report card, 12 May 2026

Towns in Staffordshire

• Burntwood (11)
• Burton-on-Trent (44)
• Burton-upon-Trent (3)
• Cannock (31)
• Leek (15)
• Lichfield (27)
• Newcastle (22)
• Newcastle-under-Lyme (16)
• Rugeley (20)
• Stafford (62)
• Staffordshire (5)
• Stone (11)
• Tamworth (52)
• Uttoxeter (15)

Source: Get Information about Schools and Ofsted (Open Government Licence v3.0). Towns are as written in each school’s official address.