Castle Wood Special School

State-Funded School

castle-wood-special-school-coventry-west-midlands

West MidlandsRegion

CoventryLocal Authority

Coventry EastConstituency

CV2 1FNPostcode

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Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Castle Wood Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–11, located in Coventry, West Midlands.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 194 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Ethnicity

White

40%

Asian

24%

Black

23%

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

194

Total Pupils

74%Boys

26%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

28%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 194
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
8 Sept 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
4 Feb 2015	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.