St Rose's Special School
Special / other · Stroud · GL5 4AP
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
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Inspected 3 June 2025
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75 pupils · 136% of 55 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 28.3% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 9.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 16.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 70.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.stroses.org.uk
- URN
- 115813
In figures
At its inspection on 3 June 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 13.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Visual Impairment
- Speech, Language and Communication Needs
- Physical Disability
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 80% (Gloucestershire 78%, England 66%) · Any other White background 8% (Gloucestershire 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Gloucestershire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Gloucestershire 1%, England 1%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Gloucestershire 0%, England 0%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, special schools: 12.32 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Gloucestershire: 23.01 suspensions and 0.12 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Inspection history since 2015
- 3 June 2025: Good
- 14 November 2023: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 10 October 2017: Yes - improving (good)
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 7/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 38.8% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 14.9% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 33.8% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 16.2% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 41.5% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 54.4% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 4.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 41.3% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 12% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 53.2% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 12.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 35.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034804 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £311,000314 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £220,000–£410,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 2an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 6an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 29an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 7an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted