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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in West Sussex

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. West Sussex has 15 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for speech, language and communication and 4 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (15)

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
Bognor Regis Nursery SchoolNursery schoolResourced provision3-5Bognor Regis16Outstanding 2024–
Boundstone Nursery SchoolNursery schoolSEN unit3-5Lancing–Outstanding 2023–
Chichester Nursery SchoolNursery schoolResourced provision3-5Chichester16Good 2024–
Horsham Nursery SchoolNursery schoolResourced provision3-5Horsham10Not inspected–
Barnham Primary SchoolPrimary school · also physical disabilityResourced provision4-11Bognor Regis13Good 202473
London Meed Community Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit and resourced provision4-11Burgess Hill11Good 202346
Orchards Infant SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-7Worthing14Requires improvement 20211
Orchards Junior SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision7-11Worthing14Good 202430
Portfield Primary AcademyPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11West Sussex16Report card 20267
Steyning CofE Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision4-11Steyning10Good 202330
Three Bridges Primary SchoolPrimary schoolResourced provision3-11Crawley17Requires improvement 20245
Bourne Community CollegeSecondary schoolResourced provision11-16Emsworth18Report card 202622
Ormiston Six Villages AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreResourced provision11-16Chichester137Good 202245
The Regis SchoolSecondary schoolResourced provision11-19West Sussex7Good 202357
Worthing High SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit11-16Worthing41Not inspected57

Special schools (4)

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
Herons Dale SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSpecial school4-11Shoreham-by-Sea146 pupilsGood 2023–
Oak Grove CollegeSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, profound and multiple learning difficulties and moreSpecial school11-19Worthing274 pupilsGood 2024–
St Anthony's SchoolSpecial school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, specific learning difficultiesSpecial school4-16Chichester254 pupilsOutstanding 2023–
Woodlands MeedSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, physical disability and moreSpecial school2-19Burgess Hill296 pupilsGood 2023–
Other councilsAll schools in West Sussex

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.