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Schools with visual impairment provision in Devon

Blind and partially sighted pupils, with qualified teachers of the visually impaired, braille and mobility training. Devon has 1 mainstream school with a unit or resourced provision for visual impairment and 4 special schools that cater 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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Northlew and Ashbury Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit and resourced provision2-11Okehampton16Good 202225

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
Infocus CollegeSpecial schoolSpecial school16-25Exeter pupilsNot inspected
Mill Water SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19Budleigh Salterton119 pupilsGood 2023
Royal Deaf Education TrustSpecial school · also hearing impairmentSpecial school5-19Exmouth49 pupilsGood 2023
Royal Deaf Education TrustSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school16-24Exmouth pupilsNot inspected

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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.