St Rose's Special School
St Rose's Special School is a non-maintained special school in Stroud for boys and girls aged 2 to 19. It has 75 pupils, 20 more than it has places for. About 28 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
Stratford Lawn, Stroud, GL5 4AP01453 763793stroses.org.ukMrs Sheila Talwar principalAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 3 June 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 15 November 2023 | Ungraded | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next |
Results
GCSE results, summer 2023
3 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
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.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. A special school for pupils with physical disability, speech, language and communication, 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 physical disability provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: Profound and multiple learning difficulty (24), Severe learning difficulty (19), Physical disability (15), Autistic spectrum disorder (4), language and communications needs (3), Moderate learning difficulty (2).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 75 | 71 | 61 | 69 | 59 | 48 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 19% | 20% | 25% | 17% | 14% | 10% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 8% | 10% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 8% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 17% | 16% | 16% | 22% | 23% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 70% | 72% | 58% | 59% | 54% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 88.9% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 11.1% | 14.7% | 19.1% | 13.1% | 18.4% | 13.5% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 10.3% | 13.8% | 19.0% | 13.1% | 18.3% | 13.5% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 40.5% | 41.4% | 50.0% | 52.6% | 71.4% | 60.0% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Martins Centre (St Roses School) | Special post 16 institution | 10 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The Rosary Catholic Primary School | Academy | 130 m | 135 | Good 2024 | 48 | Compare |
| South Gloucestershire and Stroud College | Further education | 560 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Rodborough Community Primary School | Council | 700 m | 185 | Good 2023 | 53 | Compare |
| Stroud Valley Community Primary School | Council | 740 m | 252 | Good 2022 | 43 | Compare |
| Uplands Community Primary School | Council | 770 m | 131 | No overall grade 2024 | 49 | Compare |
| Stroud High School | Academy (grammar) | 810 m | 1,144 | Outstanding 2023 | 98 | Compare |
| Callowell Primary Academy | Academy | 950 m | 134 | Inadequate 2022 | 7 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Rose's Special School a good school?
St Rose's Special School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in June 2025.
What is St Rose's Special School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated St Rose's Special School not judged at its last full inspection on 3 June 2025.
How many pupils does St Rose's Special School have?
75 pupils aged 2 to 19 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 55 places, so it is 136% full.
What is attendance like at St Rose's Special School?
Pupils were in school 88.9% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 41% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
Does St Rose's Special School have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It is a special school for physical disability, speech, language and communication, visual impairment. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
Does St Rose's Special School have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Stratford Lawn, Stroud, GL5 4AP
- Telephone
- 01453 763793
- Website
- www.stroses.org.uk
- Principal
- Mrs Sheila Talwar
- Type of school
- Non-maintained special school (Non-maintained special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 2-19, with nursery, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Ward
- Stroud Central
- Constituency
- Stroud
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 115813 · LAESTAB 9167006 · UKPRN 10017088
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2022/23 final.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- 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.