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SEND in Cornwall

Everything parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) need to know about Cornwall — the Local Offer, EHCP timeliness, tribunal stats, and all 297 schools with their SEN provision.

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Cornwall's SEND Local Offer
Services, support, education, health and social care for 0–25s with SEND
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EHCP Timeliness

DfE 2024 data (June 2025 release)
Issued within 20 weeks7.0%
National average: 46.4%
Based on 914 new EHCPs issued in 2024.
Councils must issue new EHCPs within 20 weeks of the request. Exceptions exist but many delays don't qualify.

EHCP Assessment Requests

DfE 2024 data (June 2025 release)
Requests received
1,351
Refused (no assessment)
305
Refusal rate22.6%
National: 25.5%
Lower is better. Refused requests can be appealed to the SEND tribunal — and ~98% of cases heard find in the parent's favour.

SEND Tribunal

Appeals against LA decisions
Tribunal data not yet imported for Cornwall.
Source: HMCTS SENDIST stats ↗

Annual Review Decisions

DfE 2025 release (2024 calendar year) · First published this year
Review decisions within 4 weeks8.8%
National: 44.4%
Based on 3,762 review meetings held in 2024. 179 expected reviews were not held.
After an annual review meeting, LAs must notify parents of the decision (amend, maintain or cease) within 4 weeks. This data was published for the first time in June 2025.

SEN Population

Pupils across all schools in this LA
Live EHCPs maintained (2024/25)
Total EHCPs in force across the LA
4,949
EHCP pupils (rolled up from schools)
8.6% of pupils · Nat avg: 4.8%
6,424
SEN Support (no EHCP)
26.9% of pupils · Nat avg: 13.6%
20,001
Total pupils
74,404

SEN Provision in Cornwall

Schools with specialist support
Special schools
Dedicated SEN schools
8
With SEN units
Mainstream schools with a dedicated SEN unit
21
With resourced provision
Specialist places within mainstream schools
3
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Primary Needs of EHCP Pupils in Cornwall

DfE 2024/25 data (June 2025 release)
Most common need in Cornwall
Speech Language & Communication— 40.2% of EHCPs
Speech Language & Communication40.2%
Social Emotional & Mental Health26.2%
Autism25.5%
Moderate Learning Difficulties2.8%
Physical Disability2.7%
Profound & Multiple LD0.7%
Hearing Impairment0.6%
Specific Learning Difficulties0.3%
Visual Impairment0.3%
Severe Learning Difficulties0.2%
Other0.2%
Multi-Sensory Impairment0.1%
The primary need is the main reason the EHCP was issued. Many children have co-occurring needs. ASD is the most common primary need nationally.

Schools with SEN provision in Cornwall

31 schools — special schools, SEN units, and resourced provision
Mount Charles School
SEN Unit
St Stephens Community Academy
SEN Unit· Good
Nancealverne School
SEN UnitResourced· Good
Launceston College
SEN Unit· Good
Cape Cornwall School
SEN Unit· Good
Pencalenick School
Resourced
The Lowen School
Special
Fountain Head House School
Special
Copper Valley Infant and Nursery Academy
SEN Unit· Good
Penryn Primary Academy
SEN Unit· Good
Bude Primary Academy - Juniors
SEN Unit
Three Bridges
Special
Hayle Academy
SEN Unit· Good
Copper Fields School
Special
Penryn College
SEN Unit· Good
Liskeard School and Community College
SEN Unit· Good
Saltash Community School
SEN Unit
Red Moor School
Special
Cardrew Court School
Special
Trevithick Learning Academy
SEN Unit· Good
Richard Lander School
SEN Unit· Good
Taliesin Education Ltd
Special
Tregolls Academy
SEN Unit· Inadequate
Oak Tree School
Special
Burraton Community Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Pensans Community Primary School
SEN Unit· Requires Improvement
Beacon Academy
SEN Unit· Good
Roskear Primary & Nursery School
Resourced· Good
Camelford Community Primary School
SEN Unit· Good
Redruth School
SEN Unit· Good
Showing 30 of 31. Use the SEN Finder to filter and search all of them.

Helpful resources

EHCP Guide →
What an EHCP is, how to apply, appeal process
Annual Review Tracker →
Timeline and stages of EHCP annual reviews
Choosing a SEN School →
Practical guide for SEN parents
Our SEN Methodology →
How we calculate SEN Experience Indicator
DATA SOURCES
School-level SEN data: DfE Education Health and Care plans release + GIAS. LA-level stats: DfE EES + HMCTS SENDIST. Local Offer: Cornwall Council. National benchmarks are most-recent published values. Last updated: 20 April 2026.