Brunel School

State-Funded School

brunel-school-torbay-south-west

South WestRegion

TorbayLocal Authority

TorbayConstituency

TQ3 2ALPostcode

0.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Brunel School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–16, located in Torbay, South West.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 64 pupils. Brunel School is part of Special Partnership Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 9 Jun 2026 · published 24 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 1.5
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.06

Ethnicity

White

98%

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

77%Boys

23%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

77%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 64
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Special Partnership Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
26 Feb 2020	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement

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.