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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Bolton

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Bolton has 5 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 1 special school that caters 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
Bolton St Catherine's AcademyAll-through school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSEN unit and resourced provision2-16Bolton268No overall grade 202510
Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care CentreNursery school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreSEN unit2-4Bolton6Outstanding 2024–
All Saints CofE Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, physical disability, social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit2-11Bolton5Report card 202648
Woodland Primary AcademyPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit5-11Bolton22Good 20209
Rivington and Blackrod High SchoolSecondary school · also autismResourced provision11-18Bolton25Good 202367

Special schools (1)

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
Green Fold SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Bolton172 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Bolton

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.