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Schools with specific learning difficulties provision in Norfolk

Dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia, with structured literacy and numeracy teaching. Norfolk has 4 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for specific learning difficulties and 5 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
Downham Market, Hillcrest Primary SchoolPrimary school · also severe learning difficultiesSEN unit5-11Downham Market14Good 202359
Acle AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-16Norwich61Good 202249
Marshland High SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-16Wisbech118Good 202466
Taverham High SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Norwich–Good 202367

Special schools (5)

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
Chapel Green SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19Old Buckenham199 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Churchill Park Complex Needs SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19King's Lynn230 pupilsReport card 2026–
Fred Nicholson SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19Swaffham195 pupilsNot inspected–
Sheringham Woodfields SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19Sheringham160 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
The Parkside School, NorwichSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school7-18Norwich199 pupilsNot inspected–
Other councilsAll schools in Norfolk

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.