Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in North Tyneside

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. North Tyneside has 6 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 3 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (6)

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
Valley Gardens Middle SchoolMiddle school	Resourced provision	9-13	Whitley Bay	–	No overall grade 2024	94
Whitehouse Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	2-11	North Shields	13	Inadequate 2022	1
Burnside CollegeSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-18	Wallsend	6	Good 2020	27
George Stephenson High SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-18	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	9	Good 2019	33
John Spence Community High SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-16	North Shields	–	Requires improvement 2023	9
Whitley Bay High SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	13-18	Whitley Bay	–	Outstanding 2024	85

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
Benton Dene SchoolSpecial school · also autism	Special school	4-11	Newcastle upon Tyne	139 pupils	Good 2022	–
Southlands SchoolSpecial school · also autism	Special school	11-16	North Shields	136 pupils	Good 2024	–
Woodlawn SchoolSpecial school · also physical disability, speech, language and communication	Special school	2-18	Whitley Bay	178 pupils	Good 2024	–

Other councils All schools in North Tyneside

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.