Forest Way School

State-Funded School

forest-way-school-leicestershire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LeicestershireLocal Authority

North West LeicestershireConstituency

LE67 4UUPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Forest Way School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Leicestershire, East Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 293 pupils. Forest Way School is part of OPEN THINKING PARTNERSHIP.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Mar 2026 · published 14 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

92%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

293

Total Pupils

74%Boys

26%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

40%

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: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 293
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: OPEN THINKING PARTNERSHIP

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 8 December 2021. 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
12 Feb 2011	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.