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Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Wirral

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Wirral has 8 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 (8)

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
Bidston Village CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit2-11Prenton30Report card 20262
Brackenwood Junior SchoolPrimary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision7-11Wirral13Good 202378
New Brighton Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit3-11Wallasey22Good 202319
West Kirby St Bridget's CofE Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision4-11Wirral–No overall grade 2024–
Co-op Academy BebingtonSecondary school · also social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision11-18Wirral59Good 202320
Hilbre High SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision11-18Wirral30Report card 20269
The Oldershaw SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Wallasey17No overall grade 20251
Wirral Grammar School for BoysSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, physical disability and moreResourced provision11-18Wirral10Good 202290

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
Clare Mount Specialist Sports CollegeSpecial school · also autismSpecial school11-19Leasowe461 pupilsReport card 2026–
Hayfield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, speech, language and communicationSpecial school4-11Wirral175 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Wirral

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.