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St Rose's Special School

Non-maintained special school · Mixed · Gloucestershire

Stratford Lawn, Stroud, GL5 4AP

Website 01453763793

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

Not judged

Graded 03/06/2025

Application demand

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No council data

Attendance

88.9%

40.5% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

75

Capacity used

Over capacity

136%

55 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Details

Type
Non-maintained special school
Age range
2–19
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
Has Nursery Classes
Boarding
Boarding school
Headteacher
Sheila Talwar
Address
Stratford Lawn, Stroud, GL5 4AP
Phone
01453763793
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Ward / constituency
Stroud Central · Stroud
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
115813

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals28%——
English as additional language5%——
SEN support16%——
53% boys (40)47% girls (35)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

75 pupils · 55 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 25

    03 June 2025

    Full graded inspection

    Not judged overall effectiveness
    Early yearsGood
    Personal developmentOutstanding
    Quality of educationGood
    Safeguarding effectiveYes
    Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
    Leadership and managementGood
  2. 23

    15 November 2023

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Read the full Ofsted report

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 37 pupils

Attendance

88.9%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

11.1%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

40.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

2.7%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

0.9%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

71%
20/21
53%
21/22
50%
22/23
41%
23/24
41%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Pupils in cohort3—

Oxbridge

No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.

House prices near the school

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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.