Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Rotherham

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Rotherham has 3 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 (3)

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
Anston Hillcrest Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism	SEN unit	3-11	Sheffield	12	No overall grade 2025	59
Thurcroft Junior AcademyPrimary school · also autism	SEN unit	7-11	Rotherham	9	No overall grade 2025	63
Waverley Primary AcademyPrimary school · also autism, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment	SEN unit and resourced provision	2-11	Rotherham	19	Good 2023	66

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
Milton SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and more	Special school	4-16	Mexborough	179 pupils	Inadequate 2022	–
The Willows SchoolSpecial school · also moderate learning difficulties	Special school	7-19	Rotherham	197 pupils	Report card 2025	–

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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.