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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Shropshire

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Shropshire has 8 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 1 special school that caters for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (8)

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
Ellesmere Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communicationResourced provision3-11Ellesmere11No overall grade 202439
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary Academy and NurseryPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication and moreSEN unit and resourced provision1-11Oswestry10Good 202347
Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and NurseryPrimary school · also autismResourced provision3-11Shrewsbury5Not inspected13
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School and NurseryPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision2-11Shrewsbury6No overall grade 2025–
St Lawrence CofE Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision2-11Church Stretton10Good 202449
Wilfred Owen Primary SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSEN unit2-11Shrewsbury3No overall grade 202458
Sir John Talbot's SchoolSecondary school · also autism, speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-19Whitchurch20Good 202364
The Lacon Childe SchoolSecondary school · also autism, speech, language and communicationResourced provision11-16Kidderminster16Requires improvement 202417

Special schools (1)

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
Severndale Specialist AcademySpecial school · also autism, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and moreSpecial school2-19Shrewsbury424 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Shropshire

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.