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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Suffolk

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Suffolk has 17 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 (17)

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
Barnby and North Cove Community Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Beccles36Report card 202649
Castle Hill Infant SchoolPrimary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and moreSEN unit3-7Ipswich24Not inspected–
Castle Hill Junior SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit7-11Ipswich18Good 202420
Clements Primary AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit2-11Haverhill27Report card 202638
Exning Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties and moreSEN unit5-11Newmarket16Outstanding 202091
Felix Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit and resourced provision4-11Felixstowe45Requires improvement 20232
Gorseland Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Ipswich30Report card 202547
Lakenheath Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit4-11Lakenheath12Good 202422
Mendlesham Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Stowmarket18No overall grade 202421
Sidegate Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Ipswich30Good 202229
St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Bury St Edmunds30Not inspected–
St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Sudbury20Good 202238
Beccles High SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Beccles21Requires improvement 20242
Castle Manor AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Haverhill24Not inspected28
Chantry AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Ipswich24Good 202424
Stowupland High SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Stowmarket23Requires improvement 20238
Sybil Andrews AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Bury St. Edmunds22Good 202363

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
The Ashley SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school7-16Lowestoft203 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Thomas Wolsey Ormiston AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school3-16Ipswich105 pupilsGood 2021–
Other councilsAll schools in Suffolk

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.