Schools with multi-sensory impairment provision in Leicestershire

Pupils with both hearing and visual impairment. Leicestershire has 1 mainstream school with a unit or resourced provision for multi-sensory impairment and 6 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (1)

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
Wigston Menphys Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	2-5	Wigston	49	Good 2019	–

Special schools (6)

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
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)Special school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and more	Special school	4-19	Melton Mowbray	246 pupils	Good 2024	–
Dorothy Goodman School HinckleySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	4-19	Hinckley	432 pupils	Good 2022	–
Forest Way SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and more	Special school	3-19	Coalville	293 pupils	Report card 2026	–
Maplewell Hall SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and more	Special school	11-19	Loughborough	326 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
Sense College LoughboroughSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	16-25	Loughborough	– pupils	Not inspected	–
Wigston Birkett House Community Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and more	Special school	4-19	Leics	250 pupils	Good 2022	–

Other councils All schools in Leicestershire

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual 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.