Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has 0 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 3 special schools that cater for it.
Special schools (3)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langside SchoolSpecial school · also physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficulties | Special school | 2-19 | Poole | 32 pupils | Good 2020 | – |
| Linwood SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and more | Special school | 2-19 | Bournemouth | 437 pupils | No overall grade 2025 | – |
| Winchelsea SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more | Special school | 4-19 | Poole | 248 pupils | Report card 2026 | – |
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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.