SEND units and resource bases support children and young people who have difficulties related to specific areas of SEND.
To attend a SEND unit centre or resource base a child needs to have an education, health and care plan (EHCP). If you would like your child to attend one of these units, please discuss your options with the SEND Operations Team.
Devon County Council funds these small bases, which are attached to mainstream schools. These units can take up to 20 children and young people, and also provide outreach support for other schools so that expertise can be shared.
Resource bases
Communications and interaction resource bases
Communications and interaction resource bases (CAIRB) can be found within the following schools:
- Holsworthy Community College, Holsworthy
- Littleham Primary School, Exmouth
- Manor Primary School, Ivybridge
- Newport Community School Primary Academy, Barnstaple
- Okehampton Primary School, Okehampton
- Tiverton High School, Tiverton
- Pilton Community College, Barnstaple
- South Dartmoor Community College, Ashburton
- West Croft Primary School, Bideford
Multi-sensory impairments resource bases
Hearing Support Centres are based in mainstream schools which provide an environment where communication, sign language, and positive deaf identity is promoted. The centres are staffed by ‘teachers of the deaf’ and supported by specialist teaching assistants.
They work collaboratively with the Deaf and Hearing Impairment Team, specialist speech and language therapists, audiologists and social care staff. They also provide outreach to deaf and hearing-impaired students in other mainstream schools.
Hearing Support Centres are based in:
Nurture group resource bases
Nurture group resource bases can be found at:
- Great Torrington Bluecoat C of E Primary School, Great Torrington
SEMH resource bases
Social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) resource bases can be found within the following schools:
- Marpool Primary School, Exmouth
- Ilfracombe Junior, Ilfracombe
- Westcliff Primary (The Nest), Dawlish
SEND units
- King Edward VI Community College, Totnes (opening April 2026)
- Cullompton Community College, Cullompton (proposed opening date January 2027)
- The Park Community school or Pilton Community College, Barnstaple (proposed opening date Easter 2027)