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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Lancashire

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Lancashire has 16 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 18 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (16)

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
Basnett Street Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision3-5Burnley106No overall grade 2025–
Barden Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit and resourced provision4-11Burnley32Good 202448
Brockholes Wood Community Primary School and NurseryPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Preston7Good 202435
Burnley Brunshaw Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Burnley16Good 20225
Carnforth Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit4-11Carnforth16Good 202421
Clayton Brook Primary SchoolPrimary school · also other needsSEN unit4-11Preston5Good 20227
Clifton Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairmentResourced provision4-11Lytham St Annes9Good 202423
Delph Side Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit3-11Skelmersdale14No overall grade 202481
Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit2-11Fleetwood16Good 202415
Morecambe Bay Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Morecambe8Report card 20261
Northbrook Primary AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit2-11Leyland4Requires improvement 202411
Oswaldtwistle Moor End Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, multi-sensory impairmentSEN unit3-11Accrington6Good 202340
Padiham St Leonard's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit3-11Padiham, Burnley16Requires improvement 20248
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit2-11Skelmersdale5No overall grade 20243
Ashton Community Science CollegeSecondary school · also hearing impairmentSEN unit and resourced provision11-16Preston24Good 202348
Wellfield AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Leyland2Requires improvement 20215

Special schools (18)

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
Acorns Primary SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school2-11Preston93 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Bleasdale SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and moreSpecial school2-19Carnforth88 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Broadfield Specialist SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school11-19Burnley267 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Chorley Astley Park SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school4-16Chorley161 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Holly Grove SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-11Burnley138 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Kingsbury Primary Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school2-11Skelmersdale132 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Kirkham Pear Tree SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19Preston112 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Mayfield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school4-19Chorley133 pupilsGood 2022–
Morecambe Road SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-16Morecambe224 pupilsGood 2023–
Oswaldtwistle White Ash SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school2-11Accrington118 pupilsNot inspected–
Pendle View Primary SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-11Colne132 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Rawtenstall Cribden House Community Special SchoolSpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school5-11Rossendale116 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Ridgewood Community High SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school11-19Burnley192 pupilsGood 2023–
Sir Tom Finney Community High SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school11-19Preston255 pupilsGood 2023–
The Coppice SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19Preston64 pupilsGood 2024–
The Loyne Specialist SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school4-19Lancaster121 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Thornton-Cleveleys Red Marsh SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school2-19Blackpool141 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
West Lancashire Community High SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreSpecial school11-19Skelmersdale176 pupilsGood 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Lancashire

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.