Schools with specific learning difficulties provision in Waltham Forest

Dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia, with structured literacy and numeracy teaching. Waltham Forest has 1 mainstream school 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 (1)

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
Big Creative AcademySixth form / post-16 · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	SEN unit and resourced provision	16-19	London	543	Not inspected	–

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Whitefield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, speech, language and communication and more	Special school	2-19	London	366 pupils	Good 2023	–

Other councils All schools in Waltham Forest

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.