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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in East Sussex

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. East Sussex has 6 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 7 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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
All Saints Church of England Primary School, BexhillPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficultiesSEN unit2-11Bexhill-on-Sea15Not inspected16
Ark Little Ridge Primary AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision4-11St Leonards-on-Sea28Outstanding 202391
Wallands Community Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit3-11Lewes13Good 202240
Mulberry Academy HastingsSecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Hastings6Report card 20267
Peacehaven Community SchoolSecondary school · also autismSEN unit11-16Peacehaven22Good 202339
The Eastbourne AcademySecondary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit and resourced provision11-16Eastbourne22Report card 20267

Special schools (7)

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
Glyne Gap SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-19Bexhill-on-Sea140 pupilsNot inspected–
Saxon Mount SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school11-16St Leonards-on-Sea172 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
St Mary's SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school9-16Heathfield78 pupilsGood 2023–
St Mary's School and 6th Form CollegeSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school5-19Bexhill on Sea221 pupilsGood 2022–
The Lindfield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school11-16Eastbourne123 pupilsNot inspected–
The South Downs SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Eastbourne164 pupilsNot inspected–
Torfield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Hastings97 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in East Sussex

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.