Nancealverne School

State-Funded School
nancealverne-school-cornwall-south-westLink
Region
South WestRegion
CornwallLocal Authority
St IvesConstituency
Postcode
TR20 8TPPostcode
5.5
Academic Performance
Ofsted

About the School

Nancealverne School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Cornwall, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 138 pupils. Nancealverne School is part of Special Partnership Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

9

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White
96%
Black
<1%
Mixed
2%
Any other group
1%

Pupils

138

Total Pupils

72%Boys
28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals
51%
England average
27%
First language not English
2%
England average
22%
Young carers
0%
England average
1%
0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase
Special
Age range
2 – 19
Deprivation band
Deprived
Total pupils
138
IDACI quintile
4 (Less deprived)
MAT name
Special Partnership Trust

Inspection history

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

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 22 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted
Report published
Overall
24 Oct 2014
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.

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