Schools with visual impairment provision in Hampshire

Blind and partially sighted pupils, with qualified teachers of the visually impaired, braille and mobility training. Hampshire has 5 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for visual impairment and 5 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (5)

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
Lanterns Nursery School and Extended ServicesNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	2-5	Winchester	36	Outstanding 2023	–
Queen Mary's CollegeSixth form / post-16 · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	SEN unit	16-19	Basingstoke	60	Not inspected	–
Great Binfields Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	4-11	Basingstoke	4	Good 2022	76
Kings Copse Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	4-11	Southampton	10	Good 2024	36
The Toynbee SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-16	Eastleigh	20	Not inspected	58

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Forest Park SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	2-19	Southampton	147 pupils	Good 2022	–
Hollywater SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and more	Special school	4-19	Bordon	160 pupils	Good 2023	–
Icknield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	3-19	Andover	93 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
Osborne SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	11-19	Winchester	220 pupils	Outstanding 2022	–
Samuel Cody SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and more	Special school	4-16	Farnborough	352 pupils	Report card 2026	–

Other councils All schools in Hampshire

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 Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability Specific learning difficulties 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.