Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Shropshire

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Shropshire 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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Wilfred Owen Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication	SEN unit	2-11	Shrewsbury	3	No overall grade 2024	58

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Condover College LimitedSpecial school · also multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, visual impairment	Special school	18-24	Shrewsbury	– pupils	Not inspected	–
Derwen CollegeSpecial school · also autism, physical disability	Special school	16-25	Oswestry	– pupils	Not inspected	–
Severndale Specialist AcademySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	2-19	Shrewsbury	424 pupils	No overall grade 2024	–

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
Loppington House FE UnitSixth form / post-16 · also autism	Mainstream, listed for this need	18-99	Shrewsbury	–	Not inspected	–

Other councils All schools in Shropshire

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.