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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Medway

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Medway has 2 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (2)

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
Warren Wood Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Rochester40No overall grade 20256
Brompton AcademySecondary school · also other needs, specific learning difficultiesSEN unit11-18Gillingham94No overall grade 202423

Special schools (2)

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
Danecourt SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-11Gillingham291 pupilsNot inspected–
Rivermead SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, social, emotional and mental healthSpecial school4-16Gillingham163 pupilsGood 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Medway

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.