Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Oxfordshire

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Oxfordshire has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 7 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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Shenington Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and more	Resourced provision	4-11	Shenington	8	No overall grade 2025	60
Wood Green SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, physical disability and more	Resourced provision	11-18	Witney	18	Not inspected	46

Special schools (7)

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
Bishopswood SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	2-16	Reading	73 pupils	Report card 2025	–
Bloxham Grove AcademySpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health	Special school	7-18	Banbury	102 pupils	Not inspected	–
Fitzwaryn SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	3-19	Wantage	126 pupils	Outstanding 2022	–
Frank Wise SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Banbury	119 pupils	Not inspected	–
John Watson SchoolSpecial school · also autism, other needs, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	2-19	Oxford	– pupils	Good 2022	–
Kingfisher SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	2-19	Abingdon	113 pupils	Good 2024	–
The Iffley AcademySpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health	Special school	5-18	Oxford	180 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

Registered for this need without a separate unit, so provision is within ordinary classes.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, ThamePrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and more	Mainstream, listed for this need	4-11	Thame	–	No overall grade 2025	49

Other councils All schools in Oxfordshire

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.