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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Leicester

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Leicester has 12 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 4 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (12)

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
Barley Croft Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Leicester10Not inspected20
Overdale Infant SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit3-7Leicester3No overall grade 202532
Overdale Junior SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit7-11Leicester5Good 202275
Rushey Mead Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit3-11Leicester10Good 202452
Spinney Hill Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit3-11Leicester12Good 202267
Thurnby Mead Primary AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Leicester20Not inspected39
Babington AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Leicester–Good 202312
Fullhurst Community CollegeSecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Leicester40Good 202321
Lancaster AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Leicester6Good 202421
Orchard Mead AcademySecondary school · also social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit11-16Leicester10Report card 202612
Rushey Mead AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-16Leicester6Report card 202691
The City of Leicester CollegeSecondary school · also autismSEN unit11-19Leicester20Report card 202674

Special schools (4)

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
Ash Field AcademySpecial school · also physical disabilitySpecial school4-19Leicester162 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Ellesmere CollegeSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school4-19Leicester441 pupilsReport card 2026–
Oaklands Mead AcademySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-11Leicester– pupilsNot inspected–
West Gate SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Leicester199 pupilsReport card 2026–
Other councilsAll schools in Leicester

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.