Venture Academy
Special schoolVenture Academy is a special school in Stratford-on-Avon, for pupils aged 9 to 16. It had 49 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 March 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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 EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Venture Academy was 5.6, against 53.4 in Stratford-on-Avon 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| Measure | This school | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 61% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Stratford-on-Avon | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 5.6 | 53.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 58.1% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 12.5% | 72.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 8 | – | – |
- Venture Academy 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- Henley In Arden SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, December 2022. Attainment 8 of 44.5 (2025/26, provisional)110 m
- St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, March 2025. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- Henley-In-Arden CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), April 2024. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- Henley-in-Arden Montessori Primary SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file940 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Stratford-on-Avon
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).