Pinewood School

State-Funded School

pinewood-school-hertfordshire-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

Hertford and StortfordConstituency

SG12 9PBPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Pinewood School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–16, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 206 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 12 May 2026 · published 23 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Ethnicity

White

82%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

206

Total Pupils

71%Boys

29%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

47%

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: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 206
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
1 Feb 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement
21 Oct 2019	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Requires improvement

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.