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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Croydon

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Croydon has 4 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 (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
Aerodrome Primary AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Croydon40Report card 202558
Applegarth AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Croydon19Good 202193
Quest Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficultiesSEN unit3-11South Croydon14Good 202322
Orchard Park High SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Croydon20Good 202460

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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
St Giles SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19South Croydon114 pupilsGood 2023–
St Nicholas SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Purley273 pupilsRequires improvement 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Croydon

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.