Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Blackburn with Darwen

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Blackburn with Darwen has 1 mainstream school with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 2 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
St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	4-11	Darwen	16	Requires improvement 2024	2

Special schools (2)

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
Crosshill Special SchoolSpecial school	Special school	5-18	Darwen	183 pupils	Good 2021	–
Newfield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more	Special school	4-19	Blackburn	242 pupils	No overall grade 2024	–

Other councils All schools in Blackburn with Darwen

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment 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.