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Schools with profound and multiple learning difficulties provision in Oxfordshire

For pupils with profound learning disabilities alongside physical or sensory needs, usually in special schools with nursing support. Oxfordshire has 1 mainstream school with a unit or resourced provision for profound and multiple learning difficulties 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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Banbury11Report card 20269

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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Bardwell SchoolSpecial school · also severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Bicester121 pupilsReport card 2026–
Frank Wise SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Banbury119 pupilsNot inspected–
John Watson SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19Oxford– pupilsGood 2022–
Mabel Prichard SchoolSpecial school · also severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Oxford116 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Springfield SchoolSpecial school · also severe learning difficultiesSpecial school3-16Witney125 pupilsNot inspected–
Other councilsAll schools in Oxfordshire

Other needs

AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilitySpecific learning difficultiesOther 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.