Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Devon

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Devon has 0 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 6 special schools that cater for it.

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
Bidwell Brook SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	3-19	Totnes	151 pupils	Report card 2026	–
Ellen Tinkham SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	3-19	Exeter	240 pupils	Good 2023	–
Mill Water SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	3-19	Budleigh Salterton	119 pupils	Good 2023	–
Oakwood Specialist CollegeSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health	Special school	16-25	Dawlish	– pupils	Not inspected	–
Pathfield SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	3-19	Barnstaple	183 pupils	Not inspected	–
Royal Deaf Education TrustSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, visual impairment	Special school	16-24	Exmouth	– 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
Education and Care (Devon) Ltd At 7-9 Oak Park VillasSixth form / post-16 · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health	Mainstream, listed for this need	16-25	Dawlish	–	Not inspected	–

Other councils All schools in Devon

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.