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Schools with specific learning difficulties provision in County Durham

Dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia, with structured literacy and numeracy teaching. County Durham has 4 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for specific learning difficulties and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (4)

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
Chester-Le-Street CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficultiesResourced provision0-11Chester le Street15Report card 202519
Greenland Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit4-11Stanley25Not inspected93
Yohden Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Peterlee–Good 202320
Durham AcademySecondary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreResourced provision11-16Durham1Report card 202624

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
Croft Community SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-16Stanley316 pupilsReport card 2026–
Hope Wood AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-19Durham250 pupilsNot inspected–
Other councilsAll schools in County Durham

Other needs

AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilityOther 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.