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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in South Tyneside

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. South Tyneside 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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
The Sue Hedley Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit2-5Hebburn8No overall grade 2025–
Boldon SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision11-16Boldon Colliery121No overall grade 20254

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
Bamburgh SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school3-16South Shields223 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Epinay Business and Enterprise SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-18South Shields258 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in South Tyneside

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.