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Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Swindon

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Swindon has 4 mainstream schools 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 (4)

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
Eldene Nursery and Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision3-11Swindon20Good 202215
Millbrook Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Swindon25No overall grade 202439
Mountford Manor Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Swindon10Good 202353
St Joseph's Catholic CollegeSecondary school · also moderate learning difficulties, other needs, speech, language and communicationSEN unit11-16Swindon60Good 202342

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
Brimble Hill Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school2-11Swindon124 pupilsGood 2023–
Crowdys Hill SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficultiesSpecial school4-19Swindon348 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Uplands SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school11-19Swindon172 pupilsRequires improvement 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Swindon

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.