Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Cambridgeshire

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Cambridgeshire has 1 mainstream school with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 6 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (1)

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
Gamlingay Village PrimaryPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties	Resourced provision	3-11	Sandy	12	Good 2024	15

Special schools (6)

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
Granta SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Cambridge	185 pupils	Requires improvement 2024	–
Highfield Ely AcademySpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Ely	134 pupils	Good 2024	–
Highfield Littleport AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	2-19	Ely	162 pupils	Good 2022	–
Meadowgate AcademySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	2-19	Wisbech	180 pupils	Not inspected	–
Spring Common AcademySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Huntingdon	211 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–
The Martin Bacon AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	3-19	Northstowe	152 pupils	No overall grade 2024	–

Other councils All schools in Cambridgeshire

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.