Castle Wood Special School
Special schoolCastle Wood Special School is a special school in Coventry, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 194 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), July 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 2 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Castle Wood Special School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Coventry and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Coventry | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 104 | 105 |
- Castle Wood Special School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)150 m
- Moat House Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)330 m
- Cardinal Wiseman Catholic SchoolSecondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 40.7 (2025/26, provisional)550 m
- Henley Green PrimaryPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- Potters Green Primary SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), April 2024, before the school changed870 m
- Grace Academy CoventrySecondary. Good (overall), January 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Coventry
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).