Blue Mountain Education
Blue Mountain Education is an independent special school in Cossall for boys and girls aged 8 to 18. It has 9 pupils and room for 15.
Willow Farm, Off Newton Lane, Ilkeston, Cossall, NG16 2SD0796 693 6965Mrs Alison Widdowson headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
4 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Nottinghamshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 9 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 33% | 8% | 11% | 9% | 56% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 67% | 50% | 67% | 55% | 44% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awsworth Primary and Nursery School | Academy | 930 m | 262 | Good 2022 | 36 | Compare |
| Bennerley Fields School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 105 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Esteem Valley Academy | Academy alternative provision converter | 0.7 miles | 103 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| Charlotte Nursery and Infant School | Council | 0.8 miles | 288 | No overall grade 2025 | 3 | Compare |
| Chaucer Junior School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 233 | Not inspected | 63 | Compare |
| Granby Junior School | Council | 0.9 miles | 286 | No overall grade 2024 | 7 | Compare |
| Chaucer Infant School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 188 | No overall grade 2024 | 1 | Compare |
| Cotmanhay Junior School | Council | 1.0 miles | 273 | No overall grade 2024 | 6 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Blue Mountain Education a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Blue Mountain Education yet.
How many pupils does Blue Mountain Education have?
9 pupils aged 8 to 18 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 15 places, so it is 60% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Willow Farm, Off Newton Lane, Ilkeston, Cossall, NG16 2SD
- Telephone
- 0796 693 6965
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Widdowson
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 8-18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Ward
- Awsworth, Cossall & Trowell
- Constituency
- Broxtowe
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 7 April 2006 (new provision)
- URN
- 131536 · LAESTAB 8916026 · UKPRN 10014903
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.