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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Leicestershire

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Leicestershire has 10 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 5 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (10)

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
Wigston Menphys Nursery SchoolNursery school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision2-5Wigston49Good 2019–
Captains Close Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Melton Mowbray23No overall grade 202427
Glenfield Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Leicester24Good 202434
John Wycliffe Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit4-11Lutterworth15Good 202312
Lift BeaconPrimary school · also moderate learning difficultiesSEN unit2-11Loughborough36Report card 202664
St Botolph's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, specific learning difficultiesResourced provision4-11Loughborough12Report card 202625
St Denys Church of England Infant School, IbstockPrimary schoolSEN unit4-7Ibstock12No overall grade 202550
St Hardulph's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Derby11Good 202242
Westfield Junior SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit7-11Hinckley25No overall grade 202552
The Cedars AcademySecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Leicester26Good 202339

Special schools (5)

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
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)Special school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school4-19Melton Mowbray246 pupilsGood 2024–
Dorothy Goodman School HinckleySpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Hinckley432 pupilsGood 2022–
Forest Way SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19Coalville293 pupilsReport card 2026–
Maplewell Hall SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school11-19Loughborough326 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Sense College LoughboroughSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school16-25Loughborough– pupilsNot inspected–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

Registered for this need without a separate unit, so provision is within ordinary classes.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Brownlow Primary SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficultiesMainstream, listed for this need4-11Melton Mowbray–Good 202328
Other councilsAll schools in Leicestershire

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.