South West
Special schools in Cornwall
286 schools, 72,677 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 42.8.
Ofsted across Cornwall
Good143
Requires improvement14
Outstanding6
No overall grade123
163 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 123 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Special schools in Cornwall
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardrew Court SchoolOther independent special school | Redruth | No grade | — |
| Copper Fields SchoolOther independent special school | Gunnislake | No grade | — |
| Fountain Head House SchoolOther independent special school | Cornwall | No grade | — |
| Oak Tree SchoolOther independent special school | Truro | No grade | — |
| Red Moor SchoolOther independent special school | Cornwall | No grade | — |
| Taliesin Education LtdOther independent special school | Cornwall | No grade | — |
| The Lowen SchoolOther independent special school | Cornwall | No grade | — |
| Three BridgesOther independent special school | Truro | No grade | — |