Culverhill School

State-Funded School

culverhill-school-south-gloucestershire-south-west

South WestRegion

South GloucestershireLocal Authority

Thornbury and YateConstituency

BS37 8SZPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Culverhill School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 7–16, located in South Gloucestershire, South West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 152 pupils. Culverhill School is part of ENABLE TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

152

Total Pupils

64%Boys

36%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

26%

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: 7 – 16
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 152
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: ENABLE TRUST

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
23 Jul 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
12 Nov 2012	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.