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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Sefton

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Sefton has 5 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 (5)

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
Cambridge Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision2-4Liverpool6Report card 2026–
Greenacre Community Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision2-5Bootle12Good 2024–
Thomas Gray Primary SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationSEN unit2-11Bootle48Good 20227
Waterloo Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit2-11Liverpool43Good 202216
Formby High SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Liverpool34Good 202274

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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Arden CollegeSpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school16-25– pupilsNot inspected–
Crosby High SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, other needs, physical disability and moreSpecial school11-16Liverpool173 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Other councilsAll schools in Sefton

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.