Longcause Community Special School

State-Funded School

longcause-community-special-school-plymouth-south-west

South WestRegion

PlymouthLocal Authority

South West DevonConstituency

PL7 1JBPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Longcause Community Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–16, located in Plymouth, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 118 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

86%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

118

Total Pupils

87%Boys

13%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 16
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 118
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 4 October 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
20 Feb 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.