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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Derbyshire

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Derbyshire has 5 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 (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
Chapel-en-le-Frith CofE VC Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, physical disability, specific learning difficultiesResourced provision3-11High Peak–Good 202318
Newton Solney CofE (Aided) Infant SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision5-7Burton-on-Trent2Good 202355
Whitfield St James' CofE (VC) Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Glossop20Good 202330
Chapel-en-le-Frith High SchoolSecondary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disabilityResourced provision11-16High Peak52No overall grade 202459
Outwood Academy NewboldSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-18Chesterfield15Good 202281

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
Bennerley Fields SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-16Ilkeston105 pupilsGood 2023–
Brackenfield Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school3-19Nottingham283 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Peak SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19High Peak86 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Swanwick School and Sports CollegeSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreSpecial school5-16Alfreton101 pupilsNot inspected–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

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

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreMainstream, listed for this need11-16Ilkeston–Good 202432
Other councilsAll schools in Derbyshire

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.