Schools with multi-sensory impairment provision in South Tyneside

Pupils with both hearing and visual impairment. South Tyneside has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for multi-sensory impairment and 1 special school that caters for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (2)

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
The Sue Hedley Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	SEN unit	2-5	Hebburn	8	No overall grade 2025	–
Boldon SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	11-16	Boldon Colliery	121	No overall grade 2025	4

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Keelman's Way SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, other needs, physical disability and more	Special school	2-19	Hebburn	194 pupils	Good 2024	–

Other councils All schools in South Tyneside

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.