Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Gloucestershire

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Gloucestershire 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
Battledown SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	2-11	Cheltenham	64 pupils	Good 2024	–
Bettridge SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	2-19	Cheltenham	145 pupils	Good 2022	–
Heart of the Forest Community Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability and more	Special school	4-19	Coleford	160 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–
Paternoster SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	2-17	Cirencester	66 pupils	Good 2023	–
The Milestone SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	2-16	Gloucester	322 pupils	No overall grade 2024	–
The Shrubberies SchoolSpecial school	Special school	2-19	Stonehouse	140 pupils	Good 2024	–

Other councils All schools in Gloucestershire

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.