Schools with visual impairment provision in Norfolk

Blind and partially sighted pupils, with qualified teachers of the visually impaired, braille and mobility training. Norfolk has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for visual impairment and 8 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (2)

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
Acle AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	11-16	Norwich	61	Good 2022	49
Marshland High SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	11-16	Wisbech	118	Good 2024	66

Special schools (8)

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
Chapel Green SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	3-19	Old Buckenham	199 pupils	No overall grade 2024	–
Fred Nicholson SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	3-19	Swaffham	195 pupils	Not inspected	–
Hall SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	3-19	Norwich	97 pupils	Good 2024	–
John Grant School, Caister-on-SeaSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	4-19	Great Yarmouth	198 pupils	No overall grade 2024	–
Sheringham Woodfields SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	3-19	Sheringham	160 pupils	Outstanding 2024	–
Sidestrand Hall SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	7-19	Cromer	199 pupils	Good 2023	–
The Clare SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties	Special school	3-19	Norwich	131 pupils	Not inspected	–
The Parkside School, NorwichSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	7-18	Norwich	199 pupils	Not inspected	–

Other councils All schools in Norfolk

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.