Schools with specific learning difficulties provision in Kent

Dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia, with structured literacy and numeracy teaching. Kent has 2 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 (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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
The Archbishop's SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-18	Canterbury	5	Good 2023	10
Westlands SchoolSecondary school · also physical disability	SEN unit and resourced provision	11-18	Sittingbourne	38	Good 2024	31

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Oakley SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	4-19	Tunbridge Wells	224 pupils	Not inspected	–
St Nicholas' SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more	Special school	4-19	Canterbury	402 pupils	Good 2024	–

Other councils All schools in Kent

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual impairment Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability Other 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.