Schools with profound and multiple learning difficulties provision in Suffolk

For pupils with profound learning disabilities alongside physical or sensory needs, usually in special schools with nursing support. Suffolk has 0 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for profound and multiple learning difficulties and 4 special schools that cater for it.

Special schools (4)

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
Hillside Special SchoolSpecial school · also severe learning difficulties	Special school	4-19	Sudbury	89 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–
Priory SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	5-19	Bury St Edmunds	241 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
Riverwalk SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficulties	Special school	3-19	Bury St. Edmunds	217 pupils	Good 2024	–
The Bridge SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, physical disability, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	4-19	Ipswich	257 pupils	Good 2023	–

Other councils All schools in Suffolk

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.