Bidwell Brook School

State-Funded School

bidwell-brook-school-devon-south-west

South WestRegion

DevonLocal Authority

South DevonConstituency

TQ9 6JUPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Bidwell Brook School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Devon, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 151 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Mar 2026 · published 14 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

94%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

151

Total Pupils

66%Boys

34%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

49%

England average

27%

First language not English

<1%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 151
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 21 June 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
27 Mar 2014	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.