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Schools with visual impairment provision in Essex

Blind and partially sighted pupils, with qualified teachers of the visually impaired, braille and mobility training. Essex has 0 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for visual impairment and 3 special schools that cater for it.

Special schools (3)

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
Chatten Free SchoolSpecial school · also autism, other needs, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSpecial school4-19Rivenhall75 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Oak View SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19Loughton138 pupilsGood 2022–
The Edith Borthwick SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school3-19Braintree243 pupilsReport card 2026–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

Registered for this need without a separate unit, so provision is within ordinary classes.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Lift ClactonSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreMainstream, listed for this need11-19Clacton on Sea–Good 20246
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Other needs

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