Schools with multi-sensory impairment provision in Liverpool
Pupils with both hearing and visual impairment. Liverpool has 1 mainstream school with a unit or resourced provision for multi-sensory impairment and 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and more | Resourced provision | 3-11 | Merseyside | 20 | Good 2023 | 21 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbot's Lea SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, social, emotional and mental health and more | Special school | 3-19 | Liverpool | 272 pupils | Outstanding 2024 | – |
| Childwall Abbey SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and more | Special school | 11-19 | Liverpool | 216 pupils | Good 2024 | – |
| Palmerston SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties | Special school | 11-19 | Liverpool | 184 pupils | Not inspected | – |
| St Vincent's School - A Specialist School for Sensory Impairment and Other NeedsSpecial school · also autism, speech, language and communication, visual impairment | Special school | 4-19 | Liverpool | 48 pupils | Requires improvement 2024 | – |
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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.