Schools with hearing impairment provision in Northumberland

Deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils, with teachers of the deaf, acoustically treated rooms and often British Sign Language. Northumberland has 1 mainstream school with a unit or resourced provision for hearing impairment and 5 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (1)

Pupils have a specialist base and staff inside an ordinary school. Places are separate from the school's main admissions and normally need an EHC plan.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Cramlington Learning VillageSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-18	Cramlington	–	Report card 2026	48

Special schools (5)

Special schools take pupils with an education, health and care plan; the council names the school in the plan. Many cater for several needs.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Barndale SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	4-19	Alnwick	110 pupils	Good 2024	–
Cleaswell Hill SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability and more	Special school	2-19	Choppington	261 pupils	Outstanding 2022	–
Cramlington Hillcrest SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability and more	Special school	11-18	Cramlington	125 pupils	Good 2022	–
Hexham Priory SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	2-19	Hexham	130 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
The Dales SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	4-11	Blyth	236 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–

Other councils All schools in Northumberland

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Visual impairment Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability Specific learning difficulties Other needs

How to read this

The list comes from the Department for Education's register of schools (Get Information about Schools), which records the type of SEN provision each school has and how many pupils are in a resourced provision or SEN unit. Resourced provision means extra staff and funding for a group of pupils who spend most of their time in ordinary classes. A SEN unit is a separate class within the school. Both need a place agreed by the council through an education, health and care plan; ask the council's SEND team, not the school's admissions office. The register is only as good as what schools report, so check with the school before relying on it.