Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Reading

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Reading has 3 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 1 special school that caters for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (3)

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
New Town Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communication	SEN unit	3-11	Reading	9	No overall grade 2025	42
Oxford Road Community SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	Reading	10	Not inspected	75
Wilson Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	Reading	11	Report card 2026	21

Special schools (1)

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
The Avenue Special SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	2-19	Reading	253 pupils	Good 2023	–

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.