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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Stoke-on-Trent

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Stoke-on-Trent has 4 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 4 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (4)

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
Kingsland CofE AcademyPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficultiesSEN unit2-11Stoke-on-Trent22Report card 202628
Priory CofE AcademyPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficultiesSEN unit3-11Stoke-on-Trent11Good 201958
Sandon Primary AcademyPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, other needs and moreResourced provision2-11Stoke-on-Trent154Outstanding 202485
Ormiston Meridian AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, other needs and moreSEN unit and resourced provision11-16Stoke-on-Trent223Report card 202626

Special schools (4)

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
Abbey Hill Academy & CollegeSpecial school · also autism, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school3-19Stoke-On-Trent386 pupilsNot inspected–
Kemball SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school3-19Stoke-on-Trent227 pupilsGood 2023–
Strathmore CollegeSpecial schoolSpecial school16-25Stoke-on-Trent– pupilsNot inspected–
Watermill SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-16Stoke-on-Trent254 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Stoke-on-Trent

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.