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Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Sheffield

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Sheffield has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 4 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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Arbourthorne Community Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Sheffield14Good 202211
Forge Valley School & Sixth FormSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit and resourced provision11-19Sheffield205Good 202449

Special schools (4)

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
Archdale SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school3-11Sheffield99 pupilsGood 2022–
Mossbrook SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-11Sheffield176 pupilsGood 2024–
Paces School for Conductive EducationSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disabilitySpecial school3-18Sheffield61 pupilsGood 2024–
Talbot Specialist SchoolSpecial school · also profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19Sheffield253 pupilsGood 2022–
Other councilsAll schools in Sheffield

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.