# Heart of the Forest Community Special School

Heart of the Forest Community Special School is a special school in Forest of Dean, for pupils aged 4 to 19.

It had 160 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Special school. Code E134190. [Forest of Dean](https://openindex.co.uk/forest-of-dean)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Community special school
- Ages: 4 to 19
- Pupils: 160
- Council: Forest of Dean
- URN: 134190

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 25 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Heart of the Forest Community Special School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Gloucestershire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Gloucestershire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 105 |

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Forest of Dean | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 41.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 36.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 56% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 17 | – | – |

Heart of the Forest Community 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.
The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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.

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/134190)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/134190)

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