Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Oxfordshire

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Oxfordshire has 0 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 9 special schools that cater for it.

Special schools (9)

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
Bardwell SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Bicester	121 pupils	Report card 2026	–
Bishopswood SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	2-16	Reading	73 pupils	Report card 2025	–
Endeavour Academy, OxfordSpecial school · also autism	Special school	8-19	Oxford	32 pupils	Good 2022	–
Fitzwaryn SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	3-19	Wantage	126 pupils	Outstanding 2022	–
Frank Wise SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Banbury	119 pupils	Not inspected	–
John Watson SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability and more	Special school	2-19	Oxford	– pupils	Good 2022	–
Kingfisher SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	2-19	Abingdon	113 pupils	Good 2024	–
Mabel Prichard SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Oxford	116 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–
Springfield SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	3-16	Witney	125 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
Hill View Primary SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties	Mainstream, listed for this need	3-11	Banbury	–	Good 2022	17

Other councils All schools in Oxfordshire

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.