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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Birmingham

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Birmingham has 11 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 5 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (11)

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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Waverley SchoolAll-through school · also autism, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties and moreResourced provision2-19Birmingham67Good 202131
Allens Croft Nursery SchoolNursery schoolResourced provision2-5Birmingham1No overall grade 2025–
Allens Croft Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismResourced provision4-11Birmingham34Requires improvement 20242
Boldmere Infant School and NurseryPrimary school · also autismSEN unit3-7Sutton Coldfield9Good 202341
Lyndon Green Infant SchoolPrimary school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationResourced provision5-7Birmingham11Good 20248
Lyndon Green Junior SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision7-11Birmingham12Good 202326
St Benedict's Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismResourced provision4-11Birmingham25Good 20235
Titan St Georges AcademyPupil referral unit / alternative provision · also autism, social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit11-16Birmingham11Good 2024–
FairfaxSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, other needs and moreResourced provision11-18Sutton Coldfield16Good 202458
Hamstead Hall AcademySecondary school · also speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-18Birmingham45Good 202455
Ninestiles, an AcademySecondary school · also autism, speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-18Birmingham39Good 201951

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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Hallmoor SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Birmingham294 pupilsGood 2023–
Langley SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school4-11Sutton Coldfield137 pupilsGood 2024–
Queensbury SchoolSpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school11-19Birmingham372 pupilsGood 2023–
Selly Oak Trust SchoolSpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19Birmingham400 pupilsGood 2022–
The Dame Ellen Pinsent SchoolSpecial school · also other needs, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school5-11Birmingham158 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Birmingham

Other needs

AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilitySpecific learning difficultiesOther 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.