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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Warrington

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Warrington has 5 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 1 special school that caters 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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Sandy Lane Nursery and Forest SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit2-4Warrington22Outstanding 2023–
Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit2-11Warrington20Good 202313
Padgate AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, other needs and moreResourced provision11-16Warrington15Good 202326
Penketh High SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Warrington20Good 202054
Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Warrington24Report card 202645

Special schools (1)

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
Green Lane Community Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-16Warrington229 pupilsNot inspected–
Other councilsAll schools in Warrington

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.