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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in North Yorkshire

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. North Yorkshire has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 5 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (2)

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
Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision4-11Knaresborough49Good 202464
St John Fisher Catholic AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, other needs and moreSEN unit11-18Harrogate38Good 202285

Special schools (5)

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
Henshaws CollegeSpecial schoolSpecial school16-25Harrogate– pupilsNot inspected–
Mowbray AcademySpecial school · also autism, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-16Bedale316 pupilsGood 2023–
The Forest SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school2-16Knaresborough155 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
The Woodlands AcademySpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school2-16Scarborough146 pupilsGood 2024–
Welburn Hall SchoolSpecial school · also autism, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school8-19York127 pupilsReport card 2026–
Other councilsAll schools in North Yorkshire

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.