Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Tameside

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

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Corrie Primary SchoolPrimary school	SEN unit and resourced provision	3-11	Manchester	16	Good 2021	42
Greenside Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	4-11	Manchester	22	Good 2023	31
Oakfield Primary and Moderate Learning Difficulties Resource ProvisionPrimary school	SEN unit	3-11	Hyde	24	No overall grade 2025	8
Rosehill Methodist Primary AcademyPrimary school · also autism, other needs, social, emotional and mental health and more	SEN unit and resourced provision	3-11	Ashton-under-Lyne	30	Good 2023	18
Russell Scott Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	Manchester	–	Good 2023	48

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Hawthorns SchoolSpecial school	Special school	4-11	Hyde	246 pupils	Not inspected	–
Samuel Laycock SchoolSpecial school · also autism	Special school	11-17	Ashton-Under-Lyne	252 pupils	No overall grade 2024	–

Other councils All schools in Tameside

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual impairment Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability Specific learning difficulties Other 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.