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Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Sefton

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

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (1)

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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Freshfield Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit3-11Liverpool30Outstanding 202493

Special schools (3)

Special schools take pupils with an education, health and care plan; the council names the school in the plan. Many cater for several needs.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Arden CollegeSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communicationSpecial school16-25– pupilsNot inspected–
Merefield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school3-19Southport116 pupilsNot inspected–
Rowan Park SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school3-19Liverpool325 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Sefton

Other needs

AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilitySpecific learning difficultiesOther 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.