Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Cheshire East

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Cheshire East has 5 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 2 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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Broken Cross Primary Academy and NurseryPrimary school	Resourced provision	2-11	Macclesfield	9	Good 2024	32
Excalibur Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	4-11	Stoke-on-Trent	7	Good 2023	84
Leighton AcademyPrimary school	SEN unit	2-11	Crewe	20	Good 2023	60
Marlfields Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	3-11	Congleton	7	Requires improvement 2024	3
Wistaston AcademyPrimary school · also autism	SEN unit	3-11	Crewe	32	Outstanding 2024	90

Special schools (2)

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
Park Lane SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	4-19	Macclesfield	151 pupils	Good 2024	–
Springfield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	4-19	Crewe	303 pupils	Not inspected	–

Other councils All schools in Cheshire East

Other needs

Autism Social, emotional and mental health Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual 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.