Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Trafford

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Trafford has 5 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 (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
Acre Hall Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism	SEN unit	2-11	Manchester	30	Requires improvement 2024	4
All Saints' Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, social, emotional and mental health and more	Resourced provision	3-11	Sale	4	Report card 2026	87
Firs Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and more	SEN unit	3-11	Sale	20	No overall grade 2025	65
Moorlands Junior SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communication	SEN unit and resourced provision	7-11	Sale	40	Good 2023	85
Wellfield Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also autism, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health	SEN unit	3-7	Sale	8	Outstanding 2023	98

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Longford Park SchoolSpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication	Special school	4-11	Manchester	90 pupils	Requires improvement 2024	–
Manor Academy SaleSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	11-19	Sale	205 pupils	Good 2024	–
Pictor AcademySpecial school · also autism, physical disability, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties	Special school	2-11	Timperley	122 pupils	Not inspected	–
St John Vianney RC SchoolSpecial school · also autism, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties	Special school	5-19	Manchester	124 pupils	Good 2023	–

Other councils All schools in Trafford

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.