Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Hackney

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Hackney has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (2)

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
Comet Nursery School and Children's CentreNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	2-5	London	23	Outstanding 2024	–
Queensbridge Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	SEN unit and resourced provision	4-11	London	57	Outstanding 2023	88

Special schools (2)

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
Ickburgh SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	3-19	London	184 pupils	Good 2023	–
The Garden SchoolSpecial school · also autism	Special school	4-18	London	204 pupils	No overall grade 2024	–

Other councils All schools in Hackney

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.