Longcause Community Special School is a school located in Plymouth. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 22/01/2015. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are well below average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 8.9%, which is 4.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Longcause, Plymouth

School Information

Address: Longcause, Plymouth, PL7 1JB
Website: http://www.longcausespecialschool.com/
Telephone: 01752336881
School Type: Community special school
Education phase: Not applicable
Local authority: Plymouth
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Anne Hutchinson
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 113650

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 22/01/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 111
Number of Pupils: 111
Number of Boys: 95
Number of Girls: 16

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 8.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 24% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Well Below Average: -10.9 Confidence interval -14.7 to -7
Writing
Well Below Average: -11.2 Confidence interval -14.7 to -7.7
Maths
Well Below Average: -11.7 Confidence interval -15 to -8.4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:0%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Below Average: -1.97 Confidence interval -2.55 to -1.39
Of the 19 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 19 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:0%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:100%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:0%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:1.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:0.06
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Plympton St Maurice Primary School
Plympton Hill , Plympton PL7 1UB 		3out of 4 340 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Chaddlewood Primary School
Hemerdon Heights , Plympton PL7 2EU 		3out of 4 1,024 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Yealmpstone Farm Primary School
Meadowfield Place , Plympton PL7 1XQ 		3out of 4 1,037 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Old Priory Junior Academy
Ridgeway , Plympton PL7 1QN 		2out of 4 1,068 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Glen Park Primary School
Glen Road , Plympton PL7 2DE 		3out of 4 1,170 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Plympton Academy
Moorland Road , Plympton PL7 2RS 		3out of 4 753 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Hele's School
Seymour Road , Plympton PL7 4LT 		3out of 4 1,894 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Longcause Community Special School
Longcause , Plympton St Maurice PL7 1JB 		3out of 4 0 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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