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Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in West Northamptonshire

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. West Northamptonshire 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
East Hunsbury Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Northampton47Good 202257
Headlands Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communicationSEN unit4-11Northampton50Good 202455

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
Billing Brook Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficultiesSpecial school4-19Northampton257 pupilsNot inspected–
Fairfields SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school3-11Northampton124 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Greenfields Specialist School for CommunicationSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19Northampton106 pupilsGood 2024–
Northgate School Academy TrustSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school11-18Northampton289 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Other councilsAll schools in West Northamptonshire

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.