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Schools with profound and multiple learning difficulties provision in Bolton

For pupils with profound learning disabilities alongside physical or sensory needs, usually in special schools with nursing support. Bolton has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for profound and multiple learning difficulties 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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Lever Edge Primary AcademyPrimary school · also autismSEN unit1-11Bolton16Good 202356
Queensbridge Primary SchoolPrimary school · also severe learning difficultiesSEN unit3-11Bolton16Good 202328

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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Green Fold SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Bolton172 pupilsOutstanding 2023

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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.