Schools with moderate learning difficulties provision in Cornwall

For pupils who learn at a slower pace across the curriculum and need work adapted for them. Cornwall has 12 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for moderate learning difficulties and 2 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (12)

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Beacon AcademyPrimary school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more	SEN unit	3-11	Bodmin	15	Not inspected	88
Bude Primary Academy - JuniorsPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and more	SEN unit	7-11	Bude	10	No overall grade 2025	25
Camelford Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and more	SEN unit	2-11	Camelford	11	Good 2023	64
Penryn Primary AcademyPrimary school · also autism, physical disability, speech, language and communication	SEN unit	2-11	Penryn	6	Report card 2026	16
St Stephens Community AcademyPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and more	SEN unit	2-11	Launceston	12	Good 2024	26
Tregolls AcademyPrimary school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and more	SEN unit	2-11	Truro	10	Report card 2026	4
Trevithick Learning AcademyPrimary school · also autism, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication and more	SEN unit	2-11	Camborne	31	Good 2023	45
Cape Cornwall SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and more	SEN unit	11-16	Penzance	19	Good 2023	36
Hayle AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and more	SEN unit	11-16	Hayle	22	Report card 2026	40
Penryn CollegeSecondary school	SEN unit	11-16	Penryn	30	Good 2022	52
Redruth SchoolSecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, social, emotional and mental health and more	SEN unit	11-16	Redruth	16	Not inspected	36
Richard Lander SchoolSecondary school · also autism, physical disability, social, emotional and mental health	SEN unit	11-16	Truro	18	Good 2023	61

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.

School	Provision	Ages	Town	Places	Ofsted	Score
Nancealverne SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, other needs and more	Special school	2-19	Penzance	138 pupils	Not inspected	–
Pencalenick SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, other needs, physical disability and more	Special school	3-16	Truro	200 pupils	No overall grade 2025	–

Other councils All schools in Cornwall

Other needs

Autism Speech, language and communication Social, emotional and mental health Severe learning difficulties Profound and multiple learning difficulties Hearing impairment Visual impairment Multi-sensory impairment Physical disability Specific learning difficulties Other 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.