Caradon Alternative Provision Academy
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy is an academy alternative provision converter in Liskeard for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 36 pupils and room for 45. About 75 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
West Street, Liskeard, PL14 6BS01579 340405Haydn Pearse headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 1 July 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
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 Cornwall council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (33), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Other difficulty or disability (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 36 | 36 | 28 | 24 | 11 | 20 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 75% | 72% | 57% | 58% | 46% | 40% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 3% | 7% | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 86% | 89% | 79% | 82% | 95% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 14% | 11% | 21% | 18% | 5% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 6 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 83% | 70% |
| Education | 83% | 40% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 10% |
| Work | 0% | 20% |
| Not in education, work or training | 17% | 30% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liskeard School and Community College | Academy | 420 m | 1,115 | Not inspected | 33 | Compare |
| Liskeard Hillfort Primary School | Academy | 600 m | 376 | Good 2023 | 43 | Compare |
| Taliesin Education Ltd | Independent | 790 m | 9 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Martin's CofE Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 292 | Good 2023 | 57 | Compare |
| Dobwalls Community Primary School | Academy | 2.0 miles | 192 | Good 2023 | 55 | Compare |
| St Cleer Primary Academy | Academy | 2.3 miles | 242 | Good 2024 | 58 | Compare |
| Trewidland Primary School | Academy | 2.8 miles | 22 | Report card 2026 | 4 | Compare |
| Menheniot Primary School | Foundation | 2.9 miles | 138 | Good 2024 | 61 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Caradon Alternative Provision Academy a good school?
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in July 2025.
What is Caradon Alternative Provision Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Caradon Alternative Provision Academy not judged at its last full inspection on 1 July 2025.
How many pupils does Caradon Alternative Provision Academy have?
36 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 45 places, so it is 80% full.
Does Caradon Alternative Provision Academy have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- West Street, Liskeard, PL14 6BS
- Telephone
- 01579 340405
- Headteacher
- Haydn Pearse
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Wave Multi Academy Trust (11 schools)
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Ward
- Liskeard Central
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 June 2013 (academy converter)
- URN
- 139740 · LAESTAB 9081108 · UKPRN 10041819
- Formerly
- Carradon PRU
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.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- 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.