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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Nottingham

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Nottingham has 3 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 (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
Bluecoat Primary AcademyPrimary school · also autism, other needs, physical disability and moreResourced provision3-11Nottingham5Good 202225
The Milford AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Nottingham9Report card 202611
Nottingham Girls' AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Nottingham4Outstanding 202382

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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Nethergate AcademySpecial schoolSpecial school5-19Nottingham174 pupilsOutstanding 2023
Rosehill SchoolSpecial school · also autismSpecial school4-19Nottingham121 pupilsNo overall grade 2025
Woodlands AcademySpecial school · also autismSpecial school3-16Nottingham96 pupilsNo overall grade 2024

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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.