Designated Specialist Provision

Designated Specialist Provision (DSP) are specialist education setting within a mainstream school or academy.

The aim of a DSP is to provide extra support to children with specific special educational needs to help them access the curriculum. 

Each DSP offers a specialism.  The following list will help you find a DSP that is relevant to your child's needs.

This specialism focuses on developing communication and social interaction skills.  

• Braunstone Frith Primary Academy
• Catherine Infant School
• Fullhurst Community College (secondary)
• Imperial Avenue Infant School
• Inglehurst Junior School
• Kestrel Mead Primary Academy
• King Richard III Infant School
• Lancaster Academy (secondary)
• Orchard Mead Academy (secondary)
• Rushey Mead Primary School
• Rushey Mead Academy (secondary)
• Sandfield Close Primary School
• Shenton Primary School
• Spinney Hill Primary School
• Stokes Wood Primary School
• The City of Leicester College (secondary)

This specialism provides support for students with hearing loss

• Thurnby Mead Primary Academy

This specialism supports social, emotional, and mental health needs

• Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy

This specialism focuses on developing speech, language, and communication skills

• Babington Academy (secondary)
• Barley Croft Primary School
• Thurnby Mead Primary Academy

Willow Bank Hospital School provides support for young people in year groups 9 to 11 whose anxiety prevents them from accessing mainstream environments. 

DSPs are not full time provision.  Children who attend a DSP split their time between mainstream lessons and activities and the DSP setting.

A place in a DSP is only given if the setting is named in your child's Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). 

To discuss accessing a DSP further, speak to your child's SENDCO.