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Schools with specific learning difficulties provision in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia, with structured literacy and numeracy teaching. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has 0 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for specific learning difficulties and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Special schools (2)

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
Langside SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Poole32 pupilsGood 2020
Winchelsea SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school4-19Poole248 pupilsReport card 2026

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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.