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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Birmingham

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Birmingham has 10 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 8 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (10)

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
Waverley SchoolAll-through school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and moreResourced provision2-19Birmingham67Good 202131
Anglesey Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Birmingham28Good 202445
Blakesley Hall Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismResourced provision4-11Birmingham15Good 20247
Guardian Angels Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismResourced provision4-11Birmingham3Good 202420
Lyndon Green Infant SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficultiesResourced provision5-7Birmingham11Good 20248
The Meadows Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision5-11Birmingham20Requires improvement 2023–
Topcliffe Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismResourced provision4-11Birmingham52No overall grade 202513
Bartley Green SchoolSecondary school · also autismResourced provision11-16Birmingham10Good 202321
Hamstead Hall AcademySecondary school · also moderate learning difficultiesResourced provision11-18Birmingham45Good 202455
Ninestiles, an AcademySecondary school · also autism, moderate learning difficultiesResourced provision11-18Birmingham39Good 201951

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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Cherry Oak SchoolSpecial school · also autism, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school3-11Birmingham112 pupilsGood 2024–
Hallmoor SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Birmingham294 pupilsGood 2023–
Hamilton SchoolSpecial school · also autismSpecial school4-14Birmingham196 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Queensbury SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school11-19Birmingham372 pupilsGood 2023–
Selly Oak Trust SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school11-19Birmingham400 pupilsGood 2022–
The Dame Ellen Pinsent SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, other needs, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school5-11Birmingham158 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
The Pines Special SchoolSpecial school · also autismSpecial school3-16Birmingham287 pupilsNot inspected–
Wilson Stuart SchoolSpecial school · also other needs, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Birmingham283 pupilsNot inspected–
Other councilsAll schools in Birmingham

Other needs

AutismSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual 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.