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Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Stockport

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Stockport has 9 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 (9)

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
Hollywood Park Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreResourced provision2-5Stockport19No overall grade 2025–
Brookside Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficultiesResourced provision4-11Stockport10Report card 202615
Etchells Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, physical disabilityResourced provision3-11Cheadle16Report card 202622
Ladybridge Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Cheadle9Good 202213
Moorfield Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSEN unit4-11Stockport27Report card 202656
Queensgate Primary SchoolPrimary school · also profound and multiple learning difficultiesResourced provision3-11Stockport8Not inspected–
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSEN unit3-11Stockport8Good 202029
Hazel Grove High SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-18Stockport6Report card 202659
The Kingsway SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Cheadle28Report card 202633

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
Heaton SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school11-19Stockport94 pupilsRequires improvement 2024–
Lisburne SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Stockport222 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Royal School, ManchesterSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Stockport67 pupilsOutstanding 2022–
Valley SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disabilitySpecial school2-11Stockport56 pupilsOutstanding 2022–
Other councilsAll schools in Stockport

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.