Caradon Alternative Provision Academy
West Street, Liskeard, PL14 6BS
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy alternative provision converter
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WAVE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Haydn Pearse
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- WAVE Multi-Academy Trust
- Constituency
- South East Cornwall
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 45
- Pupils on roll
- 36
- URN
- 139740
- Local authority
- Cornwall
- Telephone
- 01579340405
About this school
Caradon Alternative Provision Academy is a special academy in Liskeard. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 36 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Caradon Alternative Provision Academy 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 | 24 |
| 2023/24 | 28 |
| 2024/25 | 36 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 72.22%
- English as an additional language
- 2.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Taliesin Education Ltd0.5 miles
Special schools
-
Bosvena School9.6 miles
Free Schools · Bodmin
-
Red Moor School11.1 miles
Special schools
-
Liskeard School and Community College0.3 miles
Secondary · Liskeard
-
Liskeard Hillfort Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Liskeard
Other schools in Liskeard
- Braddock CofE Primary School Primary
- Darite Primary Academy Primary
- Dobwalls Community Primary School Primary
- Duloe CofE VA Primary Academy Primary
- Liskeard Hillfort Primary School Primary
- Menheniot Primary School Primary
- Pensilva Primary School Primary
- Quethiock CofE School Primary
- St Cleer Primary Academy Primary
- St Martin's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Neot Community Primary School Primary
- Trewidland Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Caradon Alternative Provision Academy teach?
- Caradon Alternative Provision Academy teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in Liskeard.
- Who is the headteacher of Caradon Alternative Provision Academy?
- The headteacher of Caradon Alternative Provision Academy is Haydn Pearse, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Caradon Alternative Provision Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Caradon Alternative Provision Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Caradon Alternative Provision Academy?
- Caradon Alternative Provision Academy has 36 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Caradon Alternative Provision Academy full?
- Caradon Alternative Provision Academy has capacity for 45 pupils and 36 on roll (80%), 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 Caradon Alternative Provision Academy a faith school?
- No. Caradon Alternative Provision Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Caradon Alternative Provision Academy?
- Caradon Alternative Provision Academy is part of WAVE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- Does Caradon Alternative Provision Academy publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Caradon Alternative Provision Academy. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 1 July 2026.