Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Bradford

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Bradford has 4 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 7 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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
St Edmund's Nursery School & Children's CentreNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	0-5	Bradford	30	Not inspected	–
Beckfoot ThorntonSecondary school · also moderate learning difficulties	Resourced provision	11-16	Bradford	15	Good 2023	15
Hanson AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	11-18	Bradford	41	No overall grade 2025	19
Titus Salt SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-18	Bradford	32	Report card 2026	8

Special schools (7)

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
Beckfoot PhoenixSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	2-11	Keighley	120 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
Beechcliffe Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more	Special school	11-19	Keighley	247 pupils	Good 2022	–
Chellow Heights Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	2-11	Bradford	269 pupils	Good 2023	–
Co-op Academy DeliusSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	2-11	Bradford	198 pupils	Good 2023	–
Co-op Academy SouthfieldSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	11-19	Bradford	378 pupils	Good 2024	–
Hazelbeck Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	11-19	Bingley	178 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
High Park SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication	Special school	3-19	Bradford	135 pupils	Good 2020	–

Other councils All schools in Bradford

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.