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St John's Catholic School for the Deaf

St John's is a non-maintained residential and day school offering bespoke education to deaf, multi-sensory impaired (MSI) and language impaired children.

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Moor House School & College

Moor House is a special school and college for children and young people with language difficulties and related communication difficulties.

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Search here for the UK's best special schools

Welcome to www.specialneedsguide.co.uk, where you can find information on hundreds of non-maintained special needs schools in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, catering for pupils with sensory, physical, learning, social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, or dyslexia. It is the online companion to John Catt's Which School? for Special Needs guidebook, now in its 27th edition.

Using the search filters above, you can select schools that specialise in social interaction difficulties (including autism and Asperger syndrome), emotional, behavioural difficulties and/or social difficulties, learning difficulties (including dyslexia/SPLD) or sensory or physical impairment.

You can also find information on special education colleges and schools that offer education for those aged 16+.

Search results include the specific conditions that schools cater for (check our glossary for abbreviations), while you can click on selected schools for extended profiles. 

Read full profiles of leading schools and find independent schools in your region: the West of England, East of England, East Midlands, Greater London, London, the North-East, the North-West, the South-East, the South-West, West Midlands and Yorkshire & Humberside.

You can also read about some of the latest initiatives and developments in the special needs sector by visiting our editorial section.

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