The Forest School
Special schoolThe Forest School is a special school in North Yorkshire, for pupils aged 2 to 16. It had 155 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 23 April 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 8% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 104 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | North Yorkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 46.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 47.9% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 67.8% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 16 | – | – |
- The Forest 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- Meadowside AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)500 m
- Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2024. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)680 m
- King James's SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, January 2023. Attainment 8 of 47.4 (2025/26, provisional)910 m
- Aspin Park AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), December 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)910 m
- St Mary's Primary School Knaresborough, A Voluntary Catholic AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in North Yorkshire
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).