Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Barnet

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Barnet has 0 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe 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
Mapledown SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	11-19	London	114 pupils	Good 2023	–
Northway SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	4-15	London	185 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
Oak Lodge SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and more	Special school	11-19	London	190 pupils	Not inspected	–
Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment CentreSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties, specific learning difficulties	Special school	2-11	London	176 pupils	Not inspected	–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

Registered for this need without a separate unit, so provision is within ordinary classes.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Kisharon CollegeSixth form / post-16 · also moderate learning difficulties	Mainstream, listed for this need	16-99	London	–	Not inspected	–

Other councils All schools in Barnet

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Moderate learning difficulties Profound and multiple 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.