Heart of the Forest Community Special School

State-Funded School

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South WestRegion

GloucestershireLocal Authority

Forest of DeanConstituency

GL16 7EJPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Heart of the Forest Community Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Gloucestershire, South West.

It currently serves 160 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Sixth formprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

84%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

160

Total Pupils

67%Boys

33%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

52%

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: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 160
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
1 Apr 2025	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
27 Oct 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.