Castlebridge School
Castlebridge School is a special free school in Tavistock for boys and girls aged 7 to 16. It has 19 pupils and room for 30. About 32 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit more than at most schools.
62 Plymouth Road, Tavistock, PL19 8BU01822 851540castlebridge.org.ukMrs Bridget Williams headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Devon council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. A special school for pupils with autism.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Devon with autism provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (8), language and communications needs (8), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), Multi-sensory impairment (1).
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tavistock Primary & Nursery School | Foundation | 290 m | 321 | Good 2019 | 17 | Compare |
| Tavistock College | Academy | 570 m | 1,200 | Requires improvement 2024 | 12 | Compare |
| St Rumon's Church of England Infants School | Academy | 840 m | 73 | Good 2022 | 62 | Compare |
| St Peter's Church of England Junior School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 119 | Good 2022 | 31 | Compare |
| Whitchurch Community Primary School | Academy | 0.9 miles | 202 | Good 2023 | 50 | Compare |
| Mount Kelly | Independent | 1.0 miles | 561 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Tor View School | Independent | 1.8 miles | 30 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Gulworthy Primary Academy | Academy | 2.0 miles | 90 | No overall grade 2025 | 73 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Castlebridge School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Castlebridge School yet.
How many pupils does Castlebridge School have?
19 pupils aged 7 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 30 places, so it is 63% full.
Does Castlebridge School have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It is a special school for autism. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 62 Plymouth Road, Tavistock, PL19 8BU
- Telephone
- 01822 851540
- Website
- www.castlebridge.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Bridget Williams
- Type of school
- Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 7-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Special Partnership Trust (10 schools)
- Local authority
- Devon
- Ward
- Tavistock North
- Constituency
- Torridge and Tavistock
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2025 (academy free school)
- URN
- 151722 · LAESTAB 8787013 · UKPRN 10098673
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.