Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Devon

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Devon 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
Great Torrington Bluecoat Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and more	Resourced provision	2-11	Torrington	20	No overall grade 2024	8
Ilfracombe Church of England Junior SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	Resourced provision	7-11	Ilfracombe	8	No overall grade 2024	9
Northlew and Ashbury Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	SEN unit and resourced provision	2-11	Okehampton	16	Good 2022	25
Okehampton Primary School and Foundation UnitPrimary school · also autism	SEN unit	2-11	Okehampton	8	Good 2022	7
West Croft SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	2-11	Bideford	10	Good 2022	4

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
Mill Water SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	3-19	Budleigh Salterton	119 pupils	Good 2023	–
The Lampard Community SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, specific learning difficulties	Special school	5-16	Barnstaple	196 pupils	Good 2023	–

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
Littleham Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school	Mainstream, listed for this need	2-11	Exmouth	–	Inadequate 2023	0

Other councils All schools in Devon

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.