St Rose's Special School
Stratford Lawn, Stroud, GL5 4APOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Rose's Special School is a special school in Stroud for ages 2 to 19. It is one of the 329 schools in Gloucestershire. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in June 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 3 June 2025, report published 3 July 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 3 June 2025
Pupils, including children in the early years, flourish at St Rose's Special School. All pupils have complex special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) in the school. Some children have SEND in the Nursery. Through the seamless integration of therapy and education, pupils learn to manage their emotional responses to the world around them exceptionally well. Pupils and staff have very positive, caring relationships. Consequently, pupils love coming to school and attend well. The curriculum nurtures pupils' curiosity about the world around them well. Staff check pupils' understanding before they move on to more complex learning. Staff know the learning, emotional, social and physical needs of each pupil very well. This enables bespoke approaches which support pupils' learning across the curriculum. Children in the Nursery and Reception Year are enthusiastic about learning a range of skills. For example, Nursery children learn to navigate the space beneath a parachute as the wind billows in and out. Throughout the curriculum, pupils learn to form strong friendships with each other. They demonstrate kindness, empathy and support. They have very well-planned opportunities to develop exceptionally strong social skills. For example, pupils organise an end of year 'prom' where pupils dance, listen to music, drink mocktails and make social connections.
What the school should improve
- The teaching of reading is not well adapted to meet the learning needs and interests of pupils in some areas of the curriculum. As a result, some pupils do not learn as well as they could. The school must ensure that the teaching of reading draws on the information about each pupil's learning needs and interests so that pupils learn effectively in all areas of the curriculum.
- Subject leadership is still relatively new in some subject areas. The curriculum in a minority of areas is not yet fully implemented. The school must ensure that subject leaders are supported to co-ordinate the continued development of their subject areas so that they are consistently well sequenced and well planned.
Pupil numbers and mix
75 pupils on roll, with places for 55
Schools near St Rose's Special School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sladewood Academy | 1 mile | No Ofsted inspection | Not published |
| The Shrubberies School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 0% met the expected standard |
| Cotswold Chine School | 3 miles | Ofsted: Good | Attainment 8: 1.5 |
| Brookthorpe Hall School | 4 miles | No Ofsted inspection | Not published |
| William Morris School | 4 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
School details
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Sector
- Other
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Boarding places
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sheila Talwar
- Phone
- 01453763793
- Address
- Stratford Lawn, Stroud, GL5 4AP
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- URN
- 115813
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.