Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Kent

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Kent has 1 mainstream school with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 9 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
Ashford Oaks Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication	Resourced provision	2-11	Ashford	18	Good 2023	6

Special schools (9)

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
Elms SchoolSpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health	Special school	5-16	Dover	131 pupils	Good 2023	–
Five Acre Wood SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	4-19	Maidstone	871 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
Leigh Academy MilestoneSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Longfield	374 pupils	Not inspected	–
Meadowfield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	4-19	Sittingbourne	396 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–
Nexus Foundation Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Tonbridge	307 pupils	Good 2023	–
Oakley SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	4-19	Tunbridge Wells	224 pupils	Not inspected	–
St Nicholas' SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	4-19	Canterbury	402 pupils	Good 2024	–
The Beacon FolkestoneSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	3-19	Folkestone	469 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
The Wyvern School (Buxford)Special school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	4-19	Ashford	374 pupils	Good 2024	–

Other councils All schools in Kent

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.