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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Kingston upon Thames

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Kingston upon Thames has 3 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 2 special schools that cater 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
Tolworth Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also severe learning difficultiesResourced provision2-7Tolworth11Outstanding 202395
Tolworth Junior SchoolPrimary school · also severe learning difficultiesResourced provision7-11Surbiton12No overall grade 202491
Richard Challoner SchoolSecondary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit and resourced provision11-18New Malden27Outstanding 202296

Special schools (2)

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
Bedelsford SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school2-19Kingston upon Thames169 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
St Philip's SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school9-19Chessington187 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Kingston upon Thames

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.