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Schools with speech, language and communication provision in Westmorland and Furness

For children who find it hard to understand language or make themselves understood, often with speech and language therapists on site. Westmorland and Furness has 2 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 (2)

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
Appleby Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit and resourced provision3-11Appleby-in-Westmorland18Good 202448
Stramongate Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autismSEN unit2-11Kendal10No overall grade 202563

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
George Hastwell School Special AcademySpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSpecial school3-19Barrow-in-Furness99 pupilsNo overall grade 2024–
Sandgate SchoolSpecial school · also autism, physical disability, severe learning difficulties, specific learning difficulties and moreSpecial school3-19Kendal166 pupilsGood 2023–
Sandside Lodge SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school4-19Ulverston104 pupilsGood 2024–
Other councilsAll schools in Westmorland and Furness

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.