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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Croydon

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Croydon has 7 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 4 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (7)

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
Fairchildes Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismResourced provision2-11Croydon33Outstanding 202485
Oasis Academy Shirley Park PrimaryPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Croydon14Not inspected–
Quest Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11South Croydon14Good 202322
South Norwood PrimaryPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11London22Good 202324
The Crescent Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Croydon18Good 202421
Oasis Academy CoulsdonSecondary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision11-16Croydon28Good 202454
Oasis Academy Shirley ParkSecondary schoolResourced provision11-19Croydon14No overall grade 202443

Special schools (4)

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
Bensham Manor SchoolSpecial school · also autism, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19Thornton Heath246 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Priory SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19London140 pupilsGood 2024–
St Giles SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-19South Croydon114 pupilsGood 2023–
St Nicholas SchoolSpecial school · also autism, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Purley273 pupilsRequires improvement 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Croydon

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.