Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Sunderland

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Sunderland has 4 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 1 special school that caters for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (4)

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
New Penshaw AcademyPrimary school	Resourced provision	3-11	Houghton le Spring	3	Good 2024	13
Northern Saints Church of England AcademyPrimary school	Resourced provision	4-11	Sunderland	10	Report card 2026	90
Valley Road AcademyPrimary school	SEN unit and resourced provision	2-11	Sunderland	16	Good 2022	86
Hetton AcademySecondary school	Resourced provision	11-16	Houghton le Spring	8	No overall grade 2024	72

Special schools (1)

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
Columbia Grange SchoolSpecial school · also autism, severe learning difficulties	Special school	5-11	Washington	140 pupils	Outstanding 2020	–

Other councils All schools in Sunderland

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.