Transparency data
Local authority bids: 2018
Updated 21 November 2018
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1. Special free schools
| Local authority | Type of special school |
|---|---|
| Bexley | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Birmingham | Autism spectrum disorder |
| Bracknell Forest | Social and emotional mental health |
| Bradford | Autism spectrum disorder |
| Bromley | Autism spectrum disorder |
| Bury | Autism spectrum disorder and social language and communication needs |
| Cheshire East | Autism spectrum disorder |
| Cornwall | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder and communication and interaction needs |
| Dorset | Autism spectrum disorder and complex learning difficulties |
| Essex | Social and emotional mental health |
| Gloucestershire | Social and emotional mental health |
| Greenwich | Autism spectrum disorder and complex needs |
| Halton | Social and emotional mental health |
| Hampshire | Social and emotional mental health |
| Harrow | Severe and complex needs and autism spectrum disorder |
| Hartlepool | Social and emotional mental health, autism spectrum disorder and Speech, Language and communication needs |
| Hertfordshire | Complex needs, autism spectrum disorder and social and communications needs |
| Kent | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Kingston upon Thames | Autism spectrum disorder |
| Kingston upon Hull | Severe learning difficulties |
| Leeds | Autistic spectrum disorder, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties |
| Leicester | Autism spectrum disorder |
| Leicestershire | Social and emotional mental health |
| Lincolnshire | All needs, excluding social and emotional mental health |
| Manchester | Profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and autism spectrum disorder |
| Medway | Severe learning difficulties, autism spectrum disorder and profound and multiple learning difficulties |
| Newham | Autism spectrum disorder |
| Norfolk | Moderate to severe learning need and other needs |
| North Lincolnshire | Severe learning difficulties, autism spectrum disorder, profound and multiple learning difficulties and speech, language and communication needs |
| North Somerset | Social and emotional mental health |
| North Yorkshire | Communication and interaction needs |
| Northumberland | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Nottingham City | Autism spectrum disorder and multiple learning difficulties |
| Nottinghamshire | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Oxfordshire | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Plymouth | Autism spectrum disorder |
| Portsmouth | Severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties and autism spectrum disorder |
| Reading | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Richmond upon Thames | Social and emotional mental health |
| Rochdale | Autism spectrum disorder and speech, language and communication needs |
| Salford | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Sandwell | Autism spectrum disorder and multiple learning difficulties |
| Sheffield | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Shropshire | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Solihull | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Somerset | Social and emotional mental health and speech, language and communication needs |
| South Tyneside | Social and emotional mental health |
| Southampton | Complex needs |
| Stockport | Autism spectrum disorder and severe learning difficulties |
| Stoke on Trent | Social and emotional mental health |
| Suffolk | Autism spectrum disorder |
| Middlesbrough - Tees Valley Partnership | Social and emotional mental health with speech and language needs and autism |
| Warrington | Autism spectrum disorder, social and emotional mental health and speech, language and communication needs |
| Wiltshire | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Wokingham | Social and emotional mental health and autism spectrum disorder |
| Worcestershire | Autism spectrum disorder |
2. Alternative provision free schools
| Local authority | Type of school |
|---|---|
| Cheshire East | Alternative provision |
| County Durham | Alternative provision |
| Hackney | Alternative provision |
| Kirklees | Alternative provision |
| Manchester | Alternative provision |
| Waltham Forest | Alternative provision |
| Warwickshire | Alternative provision |
| Worcestershire | Alternative provision |