Southbrook School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceNot judged
About the School
Southbrook School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–16, located in Devon, South West.
It currently serves 140 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Quality ofeducation
Requires improvement
Personaldevelopment
Good
Behaviour &attitudes
Good
Academic Performance
Well below average
Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25
- Attainment 8
- 0.2
- EBacc average point score
- 0.02
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
60%Boys
40%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Special
- Age range
- 11 – 16
- Deprivation band
- Average
- Total pupils
- 140
- IDACI quintile
- 3 (Average)
Inspection history
2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.
| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 2025 | Good | Requires improvement | Good | Good | Not judged |
| 6 Feb 2013 | 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.
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