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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Kent

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Kent has 21 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 11 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (21)

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
Ashford Oaks Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision2-11Ashford18Good 20236
Bromstone Primary School, BroadstairsPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, visual impairmentResourced provision4-11Broadstairs38No overall grade 20246
Hythe Bay CofE Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Hythe12Good 202315
Leigh Academy Cherry OrchardPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Ebbsfleet14Outstanding 202198
Leigh Academy MolehillPrimary school · also hearing impairmentResourced provision3-11Maidstone5No overall grade 202499
Minterne Junior SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision7-11Sittingbourne–Report card 202642
Reculver Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, visual impairmentResourced provision4-11Herne Bay7Not inspected38
River Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Dover12No overall grade 202539
St. Edmund's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismResourced provision4-11Sevenoaks9Good 202418
Temple Hill Primary AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Dartford8No overall grade 202429
The John Wesley Church of England Methodist Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Ashford13Good 202119
The Oaks Infant SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-7Sittingbourne4Good 202160
West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language SrpPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11West Malling14Good 202337
West Minster Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Sheerness19Report card 202565
Wincheap Foundation Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Canterbury10Good 202159
Goodwin AcademySecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Deal15No overall grade 20256
Sir Geoffrey Leigh AcademySecondary school · also hearing impairmentResourced provision11-19Dartford16Good 202351
The Canterbury AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairmentResourced provision11-19Canterbury58Report card 202623
The Malling SchoolSecondary school · also autismResourced provision11-18West Malling124Good 202337
The Sittingbourne SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairmentResourced provision11-19Sittingbourne82Good 202314
Turner Free SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Folkestone40Good 202225

Special schools (11)

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
Aspire SchoolSpecial school · also autismSpecial school4-11Sittingbourne194 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Broomhill Bank SchoolSpecial school · also autismSpecial school11-19Tunbridge Wells404 pupilsGood 2023–
Five Acre Wood SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school4-19Maidstone871 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Ifield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, other needs, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-19Gravesend282 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Laleham Gap SchoolSpecial school · also autismSpecial school4-18Ramsgate253 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Meadowfield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Sittingbourne396 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Nexus Foundation Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school2-19Tonbridge307 pupilsGood 2023–
Oakley SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school4-19Tunbridge Wells224 pupilsNot inspected–
St Nicholas' SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school4-19Canterbury402 pupilsGood 2024–
The Beacon FolkestoneSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school3-19Folkestone469 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
The Orchard SchoolSpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school7-16Canterbury119 pupilsReport card 2026–
Other councilsAll schools in Kent

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.