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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Somerset

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Somerset 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
Bridgwater College AcademyAll-through school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision3-16Bridgwater19Report card 20261
Brookside Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit3-11Street51Good 202328
Burnham-On-Sea Infant SchoolPrimary school · also moderate learning difficultiesSEN unit4-7Burnham-on-Sea7Requires improvement 2023–
Holway Park Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit4-11Taunton50Good 201915
Northgate Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSEN unit2-11Bridgwater7Report card 202667

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
Avalon SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school11-19Street81 pupilsGood 2023–
Polden Bower SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school4-19Bridgwater260 pupilsGood 2024–
The Mendip SchoolSpecial school · also autismSpecial school4-19Shepton Mallet151 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in Somerset

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.