Battledown Centre for Children and Families

State-Funded School

battledown-centre-for-children-and-families-gloucestershire-south-west

South WestRegion

GloucestershireLocal Authority

CheltenhamConstituency

GL52 6PZPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Battledown Centre for Children and Families is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–11, located in Gloucestershire, South West.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 64 pupils. Battledown Centre for Children and Families is part of SAND ACADEMIES TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Ethnicity

White

83%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Pupils

Total Pupils

83%Boys

17%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

56%

England average

27%

First language not English

11%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 64
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: SAND ACADEMIES TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
14 Jul 2024	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
1 Nov 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.