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Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in West Sussex

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. West Sussex has 0 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 7 special schools that cater for it.

Special schools (7)

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
Fordwater School, ChichesterSpecial schoolSpecial school2-19Chichester219 pupilsGood 2023–
Manor Green CollegeSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19Crawley210 pupilsNot inspected–
Manor Green Primary SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficultiesSpecial school2-11Crawley208 pupilsOutstanding 2022–
Oak Grove CollegeSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school11-19Worthing274 pupilsGood 2024–
Palatine Primary SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Worthing222 pupilsGood 2023–
Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, HorshamSpecial schoolSpecial school2-19Horsham140 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Woodlands MeedSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19Burgess Hill296 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in West Sussex

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.