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Schools with specific learning difficulties provision in Brighton and Hove

Dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia, with structured literacy and numeracy teaching. Brighton and Hove has 3 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for specific learning difficulties and 1 special school that caters 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
Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision5-11Hove65Good 202377
Hove Park School and Sixth Form CentreSecondary school · also autismResourced provision11-18Hove50Report card 202618
Longhill High SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Brighton14Requires improvement 20242

Special schools (1)

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
Hill Park SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreSpecial school4-16Brighton283 pupilsOutstanding 2022

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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.