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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Oxfordshire

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Oxfordshire has 10 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 (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
Cherry Fields Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision2-11Banbury8Outstanding 2022100
Shenington Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision4-11Shenington8No overall grade 202560
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, ChinnorPrimary school · also autismResourced provision4-11Chinnor10No overall grade 202438
St Nicholas' Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary school · also autismResourced provision3-11Oxford12Good 202372
Fitzharrys SchoolSecondary school · also autismResourced provision11-18Abingdon13Good 202354
Lord Williams's SchoolSecondary school · also autismResourced provision11-18Thame22Good 202246
The Cherwell SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairmentResourced provision11-18Oxford26Outstanding 202291
The Marlborough Church of England SchoolSecondary school · also autism, physical disabilityResourced provision11-18Woodstock25Good 202375
The Warriner SchoolSecondary school · also autismResourced provision11-18Banbury12Good 202337
Wood Green SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-18Witney18Not inspected46

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
Bishopswood SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school2-16Reading73 pupilsReport card 2025–
Fitzwaryn SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-19Wantage126 pupilsOutstanding 2022–
John Watson SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19Oxford– pupilsGood 2022–
Kingfisher SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school2-19Abingdon113 pupilsGood 2024–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (2)

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

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Hill View Primary SchoolPrimary school · also social, emotional and mental health, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficultiesMainstream, listed for this need3-11Banbury–Good 202217
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, ThamePrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreMainstream, listed for this need4-11Thame–No overall grade 202549
Other councilsAll schools in Oxfordshire

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.