Schools with profound and multiple learning difficulties provision in Kent

For pupils with profound learning disabilities alongside physical or sensory needs, usually in special schools with nursing support. Kent has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for profound and multiple learning difficulties and 8 special schools that cater 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
Whitfield Aspen SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	4-11	Dover	202	No overall grade 2025	31
Dover Christ Church AcademySecondary school	SEN unit	11-18	Dover	69	Requires improvement 2022	2

Special schools (8)

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
Five Acre Wood SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more	Special school	4-19	Maidstone	871 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
Ifield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, other needs, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties	Special school	4-19	Gravesend	282 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
Leigh Academy MilestoneSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Longfield	374 pupils	Not inspected	–
Meadowfield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	4-19	Sittingbourne	396 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–
Nexus Foundation Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Tonbridge	307 pupils	Good 2023	–
Oakley SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	4-19	Tunbridge Wells	224 pupils	Not inspected	–
The Beacon FolkestoneSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	3-19	Folkestone	469 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
The Wyvern School (Buxford)Special school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, severe learning difficulties	Special school	4-19	Ashford	374 pupils	Good 2024	–

Other councils All schools in Kent

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual impairment Multi-sensory 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.