Longcause Community Special School
Special schoolLongcause Community Special School is a special school in Plymouth, for pupils aged 4 to 16. It had 118 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, October 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, 4 October 2023
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Longcause Community Special School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Plymouth and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Longcause Community Special School was 0.8, against 46.8 in Plymouth and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Plymouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Plymouth | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 0.8 | 46.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 49.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 67.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 11 | – | – |
- Longcause Community Special School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Plympton St Maurice Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)310 m
- Plympton AcademySecondary. Requires improvement (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 45.8 (2025/26, provisional)690 m
- Chaddlewood Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
- Yealmpstone Farm Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 2022. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- St Mary's Priory Junior SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)980 m
- Glen Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2023. 92% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Plymouth
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).