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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in North Tyneside

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. North Tyneside has 5 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 3 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.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Benton Dene Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Newcastle-upon-Tyne12Outstanding 202495
Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision3-11North Shields12Good 202230
Grasmere AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit2-11Newcastle-upon-Tyne23Good 20225
Waterville Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision3-11North Shields26Good 202047
Norham High SchoolSecondary school · also social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit and resourced provision11-16North Shields61Good 202244

Special schools (3)

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
Beacon Hill SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19North Tyneside244 pupilsGood 2023–
Percy Hedley SchoolSpecial school · also physical disabilitySpecial school3-19Newcastle-upon-Tyne157 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Woodlawn SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disabilitySpecial school2-18Whitley Bay178 pupilsGood 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in North Tyneside

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.