Speech and Language Therapy: Useful Websites

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy
The RCSLT is the professional body for speech and language therapists in the UK.

NHS Careers: Speech and Language Therapists
NHS Carrers information.

RCSLT Jobs
Vacancies information for speech and language therapy professionals.

HCPC Student Hub

Resources from the HCPC.

Wherever you get your information from it is important that you evaluate the quality of the information. There are many factors that you need to consider when assessing the quality of the information, such as currency, the authority of the writer ...

Here is a link to the Information Source Evaluation Matrix (click on picture), a useful guide that takes you through the factors you need to consider to assess the quality of information you are relying on.

Speech, Language and Communication Needs

Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) statistics are available as part of the Special Educational Needs (SEN) annual collection data.

You can filter that data to access specific information, such as number of children with SLCN within England in schools (not independent schools):

The above data is taken from the Explore Education Statistics portal (provided by the DfE/ONS) and you can also combine those options to filter further (ie. number of girls with SLCN in primary schools within England), by selecting a data set and filtering it.

The above is at national level, but you can filter regionally or by local authority as well, ie.:

You can also use the options to filter the statistics further (ie. number of girls with SLCN in primary schools within Leicester).

Early Years

Early Years statistics are available through the Explore Education Statistics portal, the Fingertips portal (DHSC) and the ONS website:

Number of children at expected level in Communication & Language and Literacy areas of learning: England The above can be filtered by ethnicity, SEN provision, free school meal eligibility, gender and geography.	Child development: percentage of children achieving the expected level in communication skills at 2 to 2 and a half years: England  The above can be filtered geographically.	Communication and language skills by end of Early years foundation stage: England The above data is shown through maps, charts and tables.

HCPC Registrant Data

Monthly data on the number of registrants - including Speech and Language Therapists - and their application route.

HCPC Diversity Data 2023: Speech and Language Therapists 

Mapped against the nine protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010: Age, Disability, Ethnicity, Gender reassignment, Marriage and civil partnership, Pregnancy and maternity, Religion or belief, Sex and Sexual orientation