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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Kingston upon Thames

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Kingston upon Thames has 7 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 1 special school that caters for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (7)

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
Surbiton Hill Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autismResourced provision2-5Surbiton28Not inspected–
Castle Hill Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Chessington–No overall grade 202528
Lime Tree Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision4-11Kingston upon Thames21Good 202331
Coombe Boys' SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairmentSEN unit and resourced provision11-18New Malden17Good 202380
Coombe Girls' SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairmentResourced provision11-18New Malden18Good 202477
The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form CentreSecondary schoolResourced provision11-18Surbiton20Not inspected80
The Kingston AcademySecondary school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreResourced provision11-19Kingston upon Thames15Outstanding 202497

Special schools (1)

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
Bedelsford SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school2-19Kingston upon Thames169 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Kingston upon Thames

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.