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Schools with severe learning difficulties provision in Cornwall

For pupils with significant intellectual disabilities who need support with independence and communication as well as learning. Cornwall has 7 mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision for severe learning difficulties and 3 special schools that cater for it.

Mainstream schools with a unit or resourced provision (7)

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 autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit3-11Bodmin15Not inspected88
Burraton Community Primary SchoolPrimary schoolSEN unit4-11Saltash20Good 202351
Camelford Community Primary SchoolPrimary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit2-11Camelford11Good 202364
Tregolls AcademyPrimary school · also autism, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment and moreSEN unit2-11Truro10Report card 20264
Bodmin CollegeSecondary school · also autism, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability and moreSEN unit11-18Bodmin49No overall grade 202424
Hayle AcademySecondary school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties and moreSEN unit11-16Hayle22Report card 202640
Saltash Community SchoolSecondary schoolSEN unit11-18Saltash–No overall grade 202532

Special schools (3)

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
Curnow SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school3-19Redruth115 pupilsNot inspected–
Doubletrees SchoolSpecial schoolSpecial school2-19Par112 pupilsGood 2023–
Pencalenick SchoolSpecial school · also autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, other needs and moreSpecial school3-16Truro200 pupilsNo overall grade 2025–
Other councilsAll schools in Cornwall

Other needs

AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate 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.