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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Suffolk

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Suffolk has 12 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 5 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (12)

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
Bungay Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit3-11Bungay12Report card 20267
Castle Hill Infant SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSEN unit3-7Ipswich24Not inspected–
Elveden Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Thetford16Outstanding 202368
Exning Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, severe learning difficulties and moreSEN unit5-11Newmarket16Outstanding 202091
Houldsworth Valley Primary AcademyPrimary school · also specific learning difficultiesSEN unit4-11Newmarket15Good 201977
Lakenheath Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit4-11Lakenheath12Good 202422
Murrayfield Primary - A Paradigm AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Ipswich18No overall grade 202518
Oulton Broad Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit3-11Lowestoft12No overall grade 202592
Roman Hill Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismResourced provision3-11Lowestoft12No overall grade 20242
Rushmere Hall Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairmentSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Ipswich30Good 202460
Stanton Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit3-11Bury St. Edmunds24Good 2024–
Copleston High SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Ipswich13Good 202363

Special schools (5)

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
Churchill Special Free SchoolSpecial school · also autismSpecial school9-18Haverhill82 pupilsNot inspected–
Priory SchoolSpecial school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school5-19Bury St Edmunds241 pupilsOutstanding 2024–
Riverwalk SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, severe learning difficultiesSpecial school3-19Bury St. Edmunds217 pupilsGood 2024–
The Bridge SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school4-19Ipswich257 pupilsGood 2023–
Thomas Wolsey Ormiston AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school3-16Ipswich105 pupilsGood 2021–

Mainstream schools listed for this need (1)

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

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Dell Primary SchoolPrimary schoolMainstream, listed for this need3-11Lowestoft–Good 202241
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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.