Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Sandwell

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Sandwell has 2 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 (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
Galton Valley Primary SchoolPrimary school · also other needs	Resourced provision	2-11	Smethwick	13	Good 2020	77
Q3 Academy Great BarrSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and more	Resourced provision	11-19	Birmingham	1,083	Good 2022	40

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
The Meadows SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	11-19	Oldbury	262 pupils	Report card 2026	–
The Westminster SchoolSpecial school	Special school	7-19	Rowley Regis	306 pupils	Good 2024	–

Other councils All schools in Sandwell

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.