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Schools with autism provision in Cornwall

Autism units and resourced provisions give autistic pupils a base with specialist staff while they join mainstream classes for as much as suits them. Cornwall has 15 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for autism and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (15)

Pupils have a specialist base and staff inside an ordinary school. Places are separate from the school's main admissions and normally need an EHC plan.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Beacon AcademyPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSEN unit3-11Bodmin15Not inspected88
Bude Primary Academy - JuniorsPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit7-11Bude10No overall grade 202525
Camelford Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit2-11Camelford11Good 202364
Copper Valley Infant and Nursery AcademyPrimary schoolSEN unit2-7Gunnislake3Not inspected14
Penryn Primary AcademyPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, speech, language and communicationSEN unit2-11Penryn6Report card 202616
Pensans Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also speech, language and communicationSEN unit2-11Penzance18Requires improvement 20243
St Stephens Community AcademyPrimary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit2-11Launceston12Good 202426
Tregolls AcademyPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSEN unit2-11Truro10Report card 20264
Trevithick Learning AcademyPrimary school · also moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and moreSEN unit2-11Camborne31Good 202345
Bodmin CollegeSecondary school · also multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health and moreSEN unit11-18Bodmin49No overall grade 202424
Cape Cornwall SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit11-16Penzance19Good 202336
Hayle AcademySecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit11-16Hayle22Report card 202640
Liskeard School and Community CollegeSecondary school · also social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit11-18Liskeard25Not inspected33
Redruth SchoolSecondary school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health and moreSEN unit11-16Redruth16Not inspected36
Richard Lander SchoolSecondary school · also moderate learning difficulties, physical disability, social, emotional and mental healthSEN unit11-16Truro18Good 202361

Special schools (2)

Special schools take pupils with an education, health and care plan; the council names the school in the plan. Many cater for several needs.

SchoolProvisionAgesTownPlacesOfstedScore
Nancealverne SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and moreSpecial school2-19Penzance138 pupilsNot inspected–
Pencalenick SchoolSpecial school · also hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs, physical disability and moreSpecial school3-16Truro200 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Other councilsAll schools in Cornwall

Other needs

Speech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSevere learning difficultiesProfound and multiple learning difficultiesHearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairmentPhysical disabilitySpecific learning difficultiesOther needs

How to read this

The list comes from the Department for Education's register of schools (Get Information about Schools), which records the type of SEN provision each school has and how many pupils are in a resourced provision or SEN unit. Resourced provision means extra staff and funding for a group of pupils who spend most of their time in ordinary classes. A SEN unit is a separate class within the school. Both need a place agreed by the council through an education, health and care plan; ask the council's SEND team, not the school's admissions office. The register is only as good as what schools report, so check with the school before relying on it.