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Schools with visual impairment provision in Kent

Blind and partially sighted pupils, with qualified teachers of the visually impaired, braille and mobility training. Kent has 5 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for visual impairment and 3 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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Bromstone Primary School, BroadstairsPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, speech, language and communicationResourced provision4-11Broadstairs38No overall grade 20246
Morehall Primary School and NurseryPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Folkestone1Good 201984
Reculver Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, speech, language and communicationResourced provision4-11Herne Bay7Not inspected38
The Charles Dickens SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Broadstairs2Good 202350
The Skinners' SchoolSecondary school · also autismResourced provision11-18Tunbridge Wells2Report card 202698

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
Dorton College of Further EducationSpecial schoolSpecial school16-25Orpington– pupilsNot inspected–
Oakley SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school4-19Tunbridge Wells224 pupilsNot inspected–
St Nicholas' SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school4-19Canterbury402 pupilsGood 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Kent

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.