New Siblands School

State-Funded School

new-siblands-school-south-gloucestershire-south-west

South WestRegion

South GloucestershireLocal Authority

Thornbury and YateConstituency

BS35 2JUPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

New Siblands School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in South Gloucestershire, South West.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 124 pupils. New Siblands 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

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

81%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

124

Total Pupils

67%Boys

33%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

14%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 124
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
28 Apr 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding
1 Dec 2017	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.