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Background. Children with specific speech and language difficulties (SSLD) may have associated difficulties that impair their access to the curriculum, and their social relationships at home and in school. Aims. (i) To identify the range of additional problems experienced by children with SSLD in different educational contexts; (ii) to consider the relationship between these problems and the child's current language status and (iii) to consider the child's self‐esteem and the extent to which self‐esteem is associated with the primary language problem or other associated difficulties. Sample. Sixty‐nine children (17 girls, 52 boys) aged 7‐8 years (Year 3) who had been identified as having SSLD, 59 from two local education authorities and 10 from regional special schools for children with severe speech and language difficulties. Method. The children were assessed on a range of cognitive, language and educational …