Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in North Yorkshire

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. North Yorkshire has 0 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 7 special schools that cater for it.

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
Brooklands SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, speech, language and communication	Special school	4-19	Skipton	126 pupils	Good 2024	–
Mowbray AcademySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties	Special school	2-16	Bedale	316 pupils	Good 2023	–
Springhead SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	2-19	Scarborough	109 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
Springwater AcademySpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability and more	Special school	2-19	Harrogate	145 pupils	Good 2022	–
The Dales SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Northallerton	71 pupils	Not inspected	–
The Forest SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and more	Special school	2-16	Knaresborough	155 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–
Welburn Hall SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication	Special school	8-19	York	127 pupils	Report card 2026	–

Other councils All schools in North Yorkshire

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.