Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Waltham Forest

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Waltham Forest 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
Buxton SchoolAll-through school	Resourced provision	3-16	London	10	Good 2023	52
Big Creative AcademySixth form / post-16 · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and more	SEN unit and resourced provision	16-19	London	543	Not inspected	–
Chingford Foundation SchoolSecondary school	SEN unit	11-18	London	–	Good 2023	49

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
Lime Academy HornbeamSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more	Special school	2-19	London	294 pupils	Good 2023	–
Whitefield SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, severe learning difficulties and more	Special school	2-19	London	366 pupils	Good 2023	–

Other councils All schools in Waltham Forest

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.