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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Cheshire West and Chester

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Cheshire West and Chester has 4 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 4 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (4)

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
Barnton Community Nursery and Primary SchoolPrimary school · also other needsResourced provision2-11Northwich30Outstanding 202394
Dee Point Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreResourced provision3-11Chester42Report card 20265
Witton Church Walk CofE Aided Nursery and Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Northwich6No overall grade 20259
The Rudheath Senior AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Northwich5Good 202320

Special schools (4)

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
Dorin Park School & Specialist SEN CollegeSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreSpecial school4-19Chester170 pupilsGood 2024–
Greenbank SchoolSpecial school · also autismSpecial school11-18Northwich129 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Hebden Green Community SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19Winsford150 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Rosebank SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school4-11Northwich52 pupilsGood 2022–
Other councilsAll schools in Cheshire West and Chester

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.