Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Hampshire

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Hampshire has 10 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 15 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (10)

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
Lanterns Nursery School and Extended ServicesNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and more	Resourced provision	2-5	Winchester	36	Outstanding 2023	–
Queen Mary's CollegeSixth form / post-16 · also autism, hearing impairment, other needs and more	SEN unit	16-19	Basingstoke	60	Not inspected	–
Ashley Junior SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	7-11	New Milton	15	Good 2023	24
Liss Infant SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	4-7	Liss	10	No overall grade 2025	11
Liss Junior SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	7-11	Liss	12	Good 2024	37
Shakespeare Junior SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	7-11	Eastleigh	10	Report card 2026	4
South Farnborough Junior SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	7-11	Farnborough	21	No overall grade 2025	77
South View Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	3-7	Basingstoke	18	Good 2024	7
South View Junior SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	7-11	Basingstoke	16	Good 2022	29
Oakmoor SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-16	Bordon	4	Report card 2026	26

Special schools (15)

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
Baycroft SchoolSpecial school	Special school	11-16	Fareham	193 pupils	Good 2024	–
Dove House AcademySpecial school	Special school	11-19	Basingstoke	238 pupils	Outstanding 2019	–
Glenwood SchoolSpecial school	Special school	11-16	Emsworth	118 pupils	Good 2023	–
Heathfield Special SchoolSpecial school · also physical disability	Special school	3-11	Fareham	150 pupils	Good 2022	–
Hollywater SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, other needs, physical disability and more	Special school	4-19	Bordon	160 pupils	Good 2023	–
Maple Ridge SchoolSpecial school	Special school	4-11	Basingstoke	109 pupils	Report card 2026	–
Norman Gate SchoolSpecial school	Special school	2-11	Andover	111 pupils	Good 2024	–
Oak Lodge SchoolSpecial school · also autism	Special school	11-16	Southampton	173 pupils	Good 2023	–
Osborne SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	11-19	Winchester	220 pupils	Outstanding 2022	–
Riverside Community Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties	Special school	3-11	Waterlooville	157 pupils	Good 2023	–
Samuel Cody SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	4-16	Farnborough	352 pupils	Report card 2026	–
Saxon Wood SchoolSpecial school · also physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-11	Basingstoke	45 pupils	Good 2023	–
Shepherds Down Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, speech, language and communication	Special school	4-11	Winchester	198 pupils	Good 2023	–
The Fortune Centre of Riding TherapySpecial school · also social, emotional and mental health	Special school	16-25	Christchurch	– pupils	Not inspected	–
The Mark Way SchoolSpecial school	Special school	11-16	Andover	118 pupils	Outstanding 2020	–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

Registered for this need without a separate unit, so provision is within ordinary classes.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Minstead Training ProjectSixth form / post-16	Mainstream, listed for this need	16-99	Nr Lyndhurst	–	Not inspected	–

Other councils All schools in Hampshire

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.