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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Bolton

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Bolton has 3 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 1 special school that caters for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (3)

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
Bolton St Catherine's AcademyAll-through school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and moreSEN unit and resourced provision2-16Bolton268No overall grade 202510
Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care CentreNursery school · also autism, other needs, physical disability and moreSEN unit2-4Bolton6Outstanding 2024–
Woodland Primary AcademyPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, physical disability and moreSEN unit5-11Bolton22Good 20209

Special schools (1)

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
Rumworth SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school11-19Bolton361 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Bolton

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.