Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in England
For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Enter a postcode for the nearest schools, or pick a council below.
By council
Councils with at least one school for this need, most first. The figures are mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision, then special schools.
Staffordshire2 mainstream · 15 specialEssex3 mainstream · 10 specialLiverpool6 mainstream · 7 specialStockport9 mainstream · 4 specialBirmingham1 mainstream · 11 specialLancashire0 mainstream · 12 specialLincolnshire1 mainstream · 11 specialBradford4 mainstream · 7 specialHampshire1 mainstream · 10 specialKent0 mainstream · 11 specialSuffolk6 mainstream · 5 specialCornwall7 mainstream · 3 specialDerbyshire2 mainstream · 8 specialManchester3 mainstream · 7 specialOxfordshire1 mainstream · 9 specialNorfolk3 mainstream · 6 specialSurrey0 mainstream · 9 specialHertfordshire1 mainstream · 7 specialNorth Northamptonshire4 mainstream · 4 specialBolton4 mainstream · 3 specialBromley6 mainstream · 1 specialCambridgeshire1 mainstream · 6 specialCounty Durham1 mainstream · 6 specialDevon1 mainstream · 6 specialEast Sussex1 mainstream · 6 specialLuton5 mainstream · 2 specialNorth Yorkshire0 mainstream · 7 specialNorthumberland0 mainstream · 7 specialSomerset2 mainstream · 5 specialSwindon4 mainstream · 3 specialWest Sussex0 mainstream · 7 specialWestmorland and Furness4 mainstream · 3 specialWolverhampton1 mainstream · 6 specialCumberland4 mainstream · 2 specialGloucestershire0 mainstream · 6 specialSheffield2 mainstream · 4 specialWest Northamptonshire2 mainstream · 4 specialWirral3 mainstream · 3 specialWorcestershire0 mainstream · 6 specialBarking and Dagenham2 mainstream · 3 specialBarnet1 mainstream · 4 specialBristol, City of1 mainstream · 4 specialBuckinghamshire1 mainstream · 4 specialDudley1 mainstream · 4 specialEaling1 mainstream · 4 specialKingston upon Hull, City of3 mainstream · 2 specialLeeds2 mainstream · 3 specialLeicestershire0 mainstream · 5 specialLewisham2 mainstream · 3 specialNottinghamshire1 mainstream · 4 specialShropshire2 mainstream · 3 specialSunderland1 mainstream · 4 specialTrafford1 mainstream · 4 specialWakefield1 mainstream · 4 specialWigan2 mainstream · 3 specialBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole0 mainstream · 4 specialCheshire West and Chester0 mainstream · 4 specialCroydon0 mainstream · 4 specialDerby0 mainstream · 4 specialHackney2 mainstream · 2 specialHalton1 mainstream · 3 specialKingston upon Thames2 mainstream · 2 specialKirklees0 mainstream · 4 specialLeicester0 mainstream · 4 specialNewcastle upon Tyne2 mainstream · 2 specialReading3 mainstream · 1 specialSefton1 mainstream · 3 specialSouth Gloucestershire1 mainstream · 3 specialSouthwark1 mainstream · 3 specialWalsall0 mainstream · 4 specialWarwickshire0 mainstream · 4 specialBarnsley3 mainstream · 0 specialBexley1 mainstream · 2 specialBrent1 mainstream · 2 specialBrighton and Hove0 mainstream · 3 specialCoventry0 mainstream · 3 specialDoncaster0 mainstream · 3 specialDorset0 mainstream · 3 specialEast Riding of Yorkshire1 mainstream · 2 specialGateshead1 mainstream · 2 specialHaringey0 mainstream · 3 specialHarrow1 mainstream · 2 specialHerefordshire, County of0 mainstream · 3 specialHillingdon0 mainstream · 3 specialKnowsley1 mainstream · 2 specialMilton Keynes0 mainstream · 3 specialPlymouth0 mainstream · 3 specialSolihull1 mainstream · 2 specialSouth Tyneside1 mainstream · 2 specialStoke-on-Trent0 mainstream · 3 specialTameside1 mainstream · 2 specialTelford and Wrekin1 mainstream · 2 specialTower Hamlets1 mainstream · 2 specialWaltham Forest0 mainstream · 3 specialWarrington1 mainstream · 2 specialBedford0 mainstream · 2 specialBlackpool0 mainstream · 2 specialCalderdale0 mainstream · 2 specialCheshire East0 mainstream · 2 specialEnfield0 mainstream · 2 specialGreenwich1 mainstream · 1 specialHavering0 mainstream · 2 specialHounslow0 mainstream · 2 specialIsle of Wight0 mainstream · 2 specialKensington and Chelsea1 mainstream · 1 specialLambeth0 mainstream · 2 specialMedway0 mainstream · 2 specialMerton0 mainstream · 2 specialMiddlesbrough1 mainstream · 1 specialNewham2 mainstream · 0 specialNorth East Lincolnshire0 mainstream · 2 specialNorth Lincolnshire1 mainstream · 1 specialNorth Somerset0 mainstream · 2 specialNottingham1 mainstream · 1 specialPeterborough0 mainstream · 2 specialRedbridge0 mainstream · 2 specialRedcar and Cleveland1 mainstream · 1 specialRochdale0 mainstream · 2 specialRotherham0 mainstream · 2 specialSalford1 mainstream · 1 specialSlough2 mainstream · 0 specialSouthampton0 mainstream · 2 specialSouthend-on-Sea0 mainstream · 2 specialSt. Helens0 mainstream · 2 specialSutton0 mainstream · 2 specialTorbay1 mainstream · 1 specialWandsworth0 mainstream · 2 specialWest Berkshire0 mainstream · 2 specialWestminster0 mainstream · 2 specialWiltshire1 mainstream · 1 specialYork1 mainstream · 1 specialBath and North East Somerset0 mainstream · 1 specialBlackburn with Darwen0 mainstream · 1 specialBracknell Forest0 mainstream · 1 specialBury0 mainstream · 1 specialCamden0 mainstream · 1 specialCarmarthenshire1 mainstream · 0 specialCentral Bedfordshire0 mainstream · 1 specialDarlington0 mainstream · 1 specialDenbighshire1 mainstream · 0 specialHammersmith and Fulham0 mainstream · 1 specialHartlepool0 mainstream · 1 specialIslington0 mainstream · 1 specialNorth Tyneside0 mainstream · 1 specialOldham0 mainstream · 1 specialPortsmouth0 mainstream · 1 specialRichmond upon Thames0 mainstream · 1 specialRutland1 mainstream · 0 specialSandwell1 mainstream · 0 specialStockton-on-Tees0 mainstream · 1 specialThurrock0 mainstream · 1 specialWokingham0 mainstream · 1 special
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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.