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Schools with specific learning difficulties provision in Cambridgeshire

Dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia, with structured literacy and numeracy teaching. Cambridgeshire has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for specific 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
Buckden CofE Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision5-11St Neots11No overall grade 202527
Spring Meadow Infant SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreSEN unit4-7Ely30Good 202415

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
Highfield Littleport AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school2-19Ely162 pupilsGood 2022
Meadowgate AcademySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school2-19Wisbech180 pupilsNot inspected
Samuel Pepys SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19St Neots138 pupilsNot inspected
The Martin Bacon AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19Northstowe152 pupilsNo overall grade 2024

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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.