Schools with multi-sensory impairment provision in Southampton

Pupils with both hearing and visual impairment. Southampton has 1 mainstream school with a unit or resourced provision for multi-sensory impairment and 5 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
Woodlands Community CollegeSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	11-16	Southampton	10	Good 2022	7

Special schools (5)

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
Great Oaks SchoolSpecial school · also autism, other needs, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	11-19	Southampton	369 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
Rosewood Free SchoolSpecial school · also other needs, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Southampton	77 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
Springwell SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	4-11	Southampton	281 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
The Cedar SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and more	Special school	3-16	Southampton	86 pupils	Good 2024	–
The Polygon SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	11-16	Southampton	77 pupils	Report card 2025	–

Other councils All schools in Southampton

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.