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Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Bolton

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Bolton has 4 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 3 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (4)

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
Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care CentreNursery school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreSEN unit2-4Bolton6Outstanding 2024–
Claypool Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit4-11Bolton8Report card 202615
Queensbridge Primary SchoolPrimary school · also profound and multiple learning difficultiesSEN unit3-11Bolton16Good 202328
Woodland Primary AcademyPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit5-11Bolton22Good 20209

Special schools (3)

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
Birtenshaw School BoltonSpecial school · also autismSpecial school3-19Bolton137 pupilsGood 2022–
Firwood High SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school11-19Bolton261 pupilsGood 2023–
Green Fold SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communicationSpecial school4-11Bolton172 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Bolton

Other needs

AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesProfound and multiple 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.