Blue Mountain Education
Willow Farm, Off Newton Lane, Cossall, NG16 2SD
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 8 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alison Widdowson
- Constituency
- Broxtowe
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 15
- Pupils on roll
- 9
- URN
- 131536
- Local authority
- Nottinghamshire
- Telephone
- 07966936965
About this school
Blue Mountain Education is an independent special school in Cossall. It teaches children aged 8 to 18 and has 9 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Blue Mountain Education under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Blue Mountain Education has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in April 2006, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Blue Mountain Education has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9 |
| 2023/24 | 12 |
| 2024/25 | 15 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 7
- Pupils on SEN support
- 2
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bennerley Fields School0.7 miles
Academies · Ilkeston
-
Esteem Valley Academy0.7 miles
Academies · Ilkeston
-
Progression 2 Work2.4 miles
Special schools
-
Westbury Academy3.0 miles
Academies · Nottingham
-
Jasmine House School3.2 miles
Special schools · Derbyshire
Common questions
- What year groups does Blue Mountain Education teach?
- Blue Mountain Education teaches children aged 8 to 18. It is a special school in Cossall.
- Who is the headteacher of Blue Mountain Education?
- The headteacher of Blue Mountain Education is Mrs Alison Widdowson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Blue Mountain Education been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Blue Mountain Education under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Blue Mountain Education?
- Blue Mountain Education has 9 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 8 to 18.
- Is Blue Mountain Education full?
- Blue Mountain Education has capacity for 15 pupils and 9 on roll (60%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Blue Mountain Education a faith school?
- No. Blue Mountain Education has no designated religious character.
- What are Blue Mountain Education's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Blue Mountain Education's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.