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Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Wirral

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Wirral has 3 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 (3)

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
Ganneys Meadow Nursery School and Family CentreNursery school · also autism, speech, language and communicationSEN unit and resourced provision2-5Wirral155Outstanding 2024–
Heswall Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Wirral6Good 202265
Hilbre High SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-18Wirral30Report card 20269

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
Elleray Park SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school2-11Wallasey222 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Foxfield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19Woodchurch242 pupilsGood 2023–
Stanley SchoolSpecial school · also autism, profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school2-11Wirral183 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Wirral

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.