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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in England

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Enter a postcode for the nearest schools, or pick a council below.

By council

Councils with at least one school for this need, most first. The figures are mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision, then special schools.

Hampshire11 mainstream · 15 specialNorfolk13 mainstream · 9 specialLancashire3 mainstream · 18 specialSuffolk17 mainstream · 2 specialSurrey10 mainstream · 8 specialStaffordshire4 mainstream · 13 specialBirmingham11 mainstream · 5 specialCornwall12 mainstream · 2 specialNottinghamshire4 mainstream · 10 specialLeicestershire7 mainstream · 6 specialSomerset6 mainstream · 7 specialWiltshire12 mainstream · 1 specialEast Sussex3 mainstream · 9 specialLincolnshire4 mainstream · 8 specialCambridgeshire4 mainstream · 7 specialCroydon7 mainstream · 4 specialDerbyshire7 mainstream · 4 specialDudley6 mainstream · 5 specialEssex1 mainstream · 10 specialSheffield7 mainstream · 4 specialBarking and Dagenham8 mainstream · 2 specialBradford10 mainstream · 0 specialHertfordshire0 mainstream · 10 specialKent1 mainstream · 9 specialNorthumberland5 mainstream · 5 specialOxfordshire3 mainstream · 7 specialStockport8 mainstream · 2 specialWirral8 mainstream · 2 specialDerby5 mainstream · 4 specialDevon4 mainstream · 5 specialDorset5 mainstream · 4 specialEaling6 mainstream · 3 specialGloucestershire1 mainstream · 8 specialManchester5 mainstream · 4 specialNorth Tyneside6 mainstream · 3 specialShropshire8 mainstream · 1 specialStockton-on-Tees8 mainstream · 1 specialTrafford5 mainstream · 4 specialWest Sussex2 mainstream · 7 specialCounty Durham4 mainstream · 4 specialHarrow6 mainstream · 2 specialStoke-on-Trent4 mainstream · 4 specialWarwickshire3 mainstream · 5 specialBarnet3 mainstream · 4 specialBlackpool4 mainstream · 3 specialBuckinghamshire1 mainstream · 6 specialCheshire West and Chester3 mainstream · 4 specialLambeth4 mainstream · 3 specialLeeds4 mainstream · 3 specialNorth Northamptonshire4 mainstream · 3 specialNorth Yorkshire2 mainstream · 5 specialSalford4 mainstream · 3 specialSefton5 mainstream · 2 specialSlough7 mainstream · 0 specialSouthampton4 mainstream · 3 specialSwindon6 mainstream · 1 specialTameside5 mainstream · 2 specialWolverhampton3 mainstream · 4 specialHammersmith and Fulham3 mainstream · 3 specialNottingham3 mainstream · 3 specialWarrington5 mainstream · 1 specialWorcestershire2 mainstream · 4 specialBracknell Forest4 mainstream · 1 specialBrighton and Hove1 mainstream · 4 specialBristol, City of3 mainstream · 2 specialBury2 mainstream · 3 specialGreenwich3 mainstream · 2 specialKingston upon Thames3 mainstream · 2 specialMiddlesbrough5 mainstream · 0 specialMilton Keynes1 mainstream · 4 specialPlymouth1 mainstream · 4 specialReading5 mainstream · 0 specialRedcar and Cleveland5 mainstream · 0 specialThurrock3 mainstream · 2 specialBath and North East Somerset2 mainstream · 2 specialBexley2 mainstream · 2 specialBolton3 mainstream · 1 specialBrent2 mainstream · 2 specialCoventry1 mainstream · 3 specialHaringey1 mainstream · 3 specialKirklees0 mainstream · 4 specialLiverpool1 mainstream · 3 specialLuton3 mainstream · 1 specialNewcastle upon Tyne2 mainstream · 2 specialNewham3 mainstream · 1 specialSandwell2 mainstream · 2 specialSouth Tyneside2 mainstream · 2 specialSouthend-on-Sea2 mainstream · 2 specialTelford and Wrekin2 mainstream · 2 specialWandsworth2 mainstream · 2 specialBarnsley3 mainstream · 0 specialBlackburn with Darwen1 mainstream · 2 specialBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole0 mainstream · 3 specialBromley1 mainstream · 2 specialCalderdale0 mainstream · 3 specialCheshire East2 mainstream · 1 specialEnfield1 mainstream · 2 specialGateshead3 mainstream · 0 specialHartlepool2 mainstream · 1 specialHillingdon0 mainstream · 3 specialHounslow3 mainstream · 0 specialKensington and Chelsea2 mainstream · 1 specialKingston upon Hull, City of2 mainstream · 1 specialKnowsley1 mainstream · 2 specialLeicester0 mainstream · 3 specialLewisham1 mainstream · 2 specialNorth Somerset1 mainstream · 2 specialPortsmouth3 mainstream · 0 specialRedbridge0 mainstream · 3 specialRichmond upon Thames2 mainstream · 1 specialRochdale0 mainstream · 3 specialRotherham1 mainstream · 2 specialWakefield1 mainstream · 2 specialWaltham Forest1 mainstream · 2 specialWigan2 mainstream · 1 specialYork1 mainstream · 2 specialBedford0 mainstream · 2 specialCamden2 mainstream · 0 specialCentral Bedfordshire0 mainstream · 2 specialDoncaster1 mainstream · 1 specialEast Riding of Yorkshire1 mainstream · 1 specialHalton1 mainstream · 1 specialHerefordshire, County of1 mainstream · 1 specialIslington0 mainstream · 2 specialMedway1 mainstream · 1 specialNorth East Lincolnshire1 mainstream · 1 specialNorth Lincolnshire0 mainstream · 2 specialPeterborough0 mainstream · 2 specialSolihull0 mainstream · 2 specialSt. Helens1 mainstream · 1 specialSunderland2 mainstream · 0 specialSutton0 mainstream · 2 specialTorbay1 mainstream · 1 specialWalsall0 mainstream · 2 specialWest Berkshire0 mainstream · 2 specialWest Northamptonshire0 mainstream · 2 specialWestmorland and Furness2 mainstream · 0 specialCumberland1 mainstream · 0 specialDarlington0 mainstream · 1 specialDenbighshire1 mainstream · 0 specialHackney1 mainstream · 0 specialHavering0 mainstream · 1 specialIsle of Wight0 mainstream · 1 specialMerton0 mainstream · 1 specialOldham0 mainstream · 1 specialRutland1 mainstream · 0 specialSouthwark0 mainstream · 1 specialTower Hamlets0 mainstream · 1 specialWestminster1 mainstream · 0 specialWindsor and Maidenhead0 mainstream · 1 specialWokingham0 mainstream · 1 special

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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.