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Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Barnsley

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Barnsley has 3 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 0 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (3)

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
Hoyland Springwood Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communicationSEN unit and resourced provision5-11Barnsley27Good 202323
Outwood Academy CarltonSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-16Barnsley25Not inspected27
Penistone Grammar SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit and resourced provision11-18Sheffield43Good 202372

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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.