Longcause Community Special School
School Name: Longcause Community Special School Address: Longcause, Plympton St Maurice, Plympton Town/City: Plymouth County: Devon Postcode: PL7 1JB Telephone Number: 01752 336881 Website: http://www.longcausespecialschool.com/
Phase: Ages 4-16 Type: Community special school Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Headteacher: Mrs Anne Hutchinson
Capacity: 117
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 118 (87% boys & 13% girls)
Enrollment: 101% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 47.5%
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
URN: 113650
DfE Number: 879/7068
UKPRN: 10016325
UPRN: 100041063041
Region: South West (E12000009)
District: Plymouth (E06000026)
Constituency: South West Devon (E14001495)
Electoral Ward: Plympton Erle (E05002089)
Easting & Northing: 254679E, 55723N
Latitude & Longitude: 50° 23' 2.53" N 4° 2' 43.09" W
Plus Code: 9C2Q9XM3+JV
DfE Record: View record
- Plympton St Maurice Primary School (0.3km)
- Plympton Academy (0.7km)
- Chaddlewood Primary School (0.9km)
- Yealmpstone Farm Primary School (1.0km)
- St Mary's Priory Junior School (1.0km)
- Glen Park Primary School (1.1km)
- St Mary's Priory CofE Infant & Nursery School (1.2km)
- Boringdon Primary School (1.6km)
- Hele's School (1.7km)
- Sherford Vale School & Nursery (2.1km)
- Mr Alan Robert Charlick - Governor. Appointed on 28 March 2023 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 27 March 2027.
- Mr Ian Fleming - Governor. Appointed on 20 March 2023 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 19 March 2027.
- Mrs Colette Teresa Forsyth - Governor. Appointed on 1 October 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 1 October 2028.
- Headteacher Anne Elizabeth Hutchinson - Governor. Appointed on 1 January 2010 (Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal).
- Mrs Faye James - Governor. Appointed on 1 January 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 1 September 2031.
- Mrs Erin Jarvis - Governor. Appointed on 18 January 2023 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 31 August 2025.
- Mr Stuart David Frederick Jenkins - Chair of Governors. Appointed on 18 January 2023 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 17 January 2027.
- Miss Lucy Noble - Governor. Appointed on 22 October 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 21 October 2029.
- Mr Nicholas Rich - Governor. Appointed on 18 December 2024 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 18 December 2028.
- Mrs Trudi Skinner - Governor. Appointed on 1 September 2021 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 1 September 2031.
- Mr Barnaby West - Governor. Appointed on 28 May 2025 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 28 May 2029.