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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in North Yorkshire

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. North Yorkshire has 11 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 (11)

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
Alverton Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Northallerton7Good 20249
Beckwithshaw Community Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Harrogate2Good 202395
Brayton Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision3-11Selby5Good 202447
East Whitby Primary AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Whitby17No overall grade 202561
Harrogate, Grove Road Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismResourced provision3-11Harrogate11Good 202314
Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision4-11Knaresborough49Good 202464
Norton Community Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Malton5Good 202264
Riverside School, TadcasterPrimary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision3-11Tadcaster3Report card 202633
Barlby High SchoolSecondary school · also social, emotional and mental healthResourced provision11-16Selby5Report card 202527
St John Fisher Catholic AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit11-18Harrogate38Good 202285
Whitby SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-19Whitby–Requires improvement 20236

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
Brooklands SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school4-19Skipton126 pupilsGood 2024–
Springwater AcademySpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, other needs, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19Harrogate145 pupilsGood 2022–
The Forest SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-16Knaresborough155 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Welburn Hall SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school8-19York127 pupilsReport card 2026–
Other councilsAll schools in North Yorkshire

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.