Sladewood Academy
Sladewood Academy is a special free school in Stroud for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 64 pupils, 4 more than it has places for. About 36 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England.
Bisley Old Road, Stroud, GL5 1NL01453 709300sladewood.sandmat.ukMrs Katy Hanna headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025
1 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. With a year group this small, a couple of children can move the percentages a long way.
All Year 6 measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils tested | 1 | – | – |
There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.
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 Gloucestershire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 29 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. A special school for pupils with autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment.
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 Gloucestershire with autism provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (23), Autistic spectrum disorder (22), Severe learning difficulty (8), Moderate learning difficulty (3), Hearing impairment (1), Other difficulty or disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 64 | 55 | 32 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 36% | 33% | 31% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 8% | 9% | 3% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.0% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 7.0% | 7.8% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 6.6% | 7.2% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.3% | 0.7% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 18.8% | 25.9% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other special schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uplands Community Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 131 | No overall grade 2024 | 49 | Compare |
| Stroud Valley Community Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 252 | Good 2022 | 43 | Compare |
| The Rosary Catholic Primary School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 135 | Good 2024 | 48 | Compare |
| St Rose's Special School | Non-maintained special | 1.2 miles | 75 | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| St Martins Centre (St Roses School) | Special post 16 institution | 1.2 miles | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Thrupp School | Council | 1.2 miles | 157 | No overall grade 2025 | 59 | Compare |
| Rodborough Community Primary School | Council | 1.4 miles | 185 | Good 2023 | 53 | Compare |
| Eastcombe Primary School | Council | 1.5 miles | 49 | Good 2023 | 58 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Sladewood Academy a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Sladewood Academy yet.
How many pupils does Sladewood Academy have?
64 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 60 places, so it is 107% full.
What is attendance like at Sladewood Academy?
Pupils were in school 93.0% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 19% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
What do parents say about Sladewood Academy?
100% of the 29 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 97% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
Does Sladewood Academy have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It is a special school for autism, hearing impairment, moderate learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, profound and multiple learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, specific learning difficulties, visual impairment. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
Does Sladewood Academy have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bisley Old Road, Stroud, GL5 1NL
- Telephone
- 01453 709300
- Website
- sladewood.sandmat.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katy Hanna
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Special free school (Free schools special, free schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 4-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Sand Academies Trust (8 schools)
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Ward
- Stroud Slade
- Constituency
- Stroud
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2023 (academy free school)
- URN
- 149763 · LAESTAB 9167027 · UKPRN 10093067
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.
- Year 6 results: DfE key stage 2 tables, 2024/25.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- 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.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- 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.