Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Merton

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Merton has 5 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 (5)

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Cranmer Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	Mitcham	23	Good 2023	20
Liberty PrimaryPrimary school · also autism	Resourced provision	3-11	Mitcham	21	Good 2023	31
Wimbledon Chase Primary SchoolPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	London	16	Good 2024	90
Ricards Lodge High SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-19	London	6	Outstanding 2023	87
Rutlish SchoolSecondary school	Resourced provision	11-19	London	10	No overall grade 2024	94

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Cricket Green SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and more	Special school	4-19	Mitcham	267 pupils	Outstanding 2023	–
Melrose SchoolSpecial school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health	Special school	5-16	Mitcham/ Raynes Park	166 pupils	Good 2024	–

Other councils All schools in Merton

Other needs

Autism Social, emotional and mental health Moderate learning difficulties Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual impairment Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability Specific learning difficulties Other 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.