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Forest Moor School

Special / other · Harrogate · HG3 2RA

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 5 June 2024

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At a glance

128 pupils · 95% of 135 capacity

School type
Academy special sponsor led
Age range
9–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
62.5% of pupils
English as additional language
1.9% of pupils
SEN support
0% of pupils
EHC plan
100% of pupils
Website
https://forestmoor.org.uk/
URN
148332

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

6 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
0%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
87
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
85
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

24 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
1.5
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
0%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
0%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
0.1
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
41.7%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
71.6%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
9.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 17% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£29,229
Typical special / other school£29,008

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
71%
Continuing in education
71%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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