Schools with speech, language and communication provision in County Durham

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. County Durham has 6 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 (6)

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
Belmont Cheveley Park Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	Durham	20	Good 2024	77
Greenland Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	SEN unit	4-11	Stanley	25	Not inspected	93
Seaview Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs	SEN unit and resourced provision	2-11	Seaham	40	Good 2024	58
Timothy Hackworth Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	2-11	Shildon	4	Good 2023	16
Wheatley Hill Community Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	2-11	Durham	7	Good 2023	65
Durham AcademySecondary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and more	Resourced provision	11-16	Durham	1	Report card 2026	24

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
Croft Community SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficulties	Special school	4-16	Stanley	316 pupils	Report card 2026	–
Hope Wood AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties and more	Special school	2-19	Durham	250 pupils	Not inspected	–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

Registered for this need without a separate unit, so provision is within ordinary classes.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
North Durham AcademySecondary school · also social, emotional and mental health	Mainstream, listed for this need	11-16	Stanley	–	Good 2022	19

Other councils All schools in County Durham

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.