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Selworthy Special School

Special school

Selworthy Special School is a special school in Somerset, for pupils aged 4 to 19. It had 204 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

School remains Good, June 2023

Latest ungraded inspection
School remains Good, 21 June 2023

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 Education

In 2024/25, 0% of pupils at Selworthy Special School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Somerset and 62% in England.

0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Selworthy Special School was 0.1, against 43.4 in Somerset and 46.2 in England.

0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

End of primary school (KS2)

2024/25
MeasureThis schoolSomersetEngland
Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths0%57%62%
Reached the higher standard0%7%8%
Average scaled score in readingDoes not apply to this school105106
Average scaled score in mathsDoes not apply to this school103105

End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)

2025/26, provisional
MeasureThis schoolSomersetEngland
Average Attainment 8 score0.143.446.2
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%39.7%46.3%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%60.3%64.8%
Pupils at the end of KS430––
  • Selworthy 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.

Schools nearby

In a straight line

Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Somerset

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).