Valley Bridge School
Valley Bridge School is an independent special school in Gloucester for boys and girls aged 6 to 19. It has 54 pupils and room for 120.
Church Lane, Whaddon, Gloucester, GL4 0UF01452 227300valleybridgeschool.co.ukAndrew Vinton headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 54 | 43 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belong School Gloucestershire | Independent | 0 m | 45 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Willow Primary Academy | Academy | 630 m | 211 | Good 2024 | 2 | Compare |
| St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form Centre | Academy | 720 m | 1,545 | Report card 2026 | 20 | Compare |
| Harewood Infant School | Council | 0.9 miles | 227 | Good 2024 | 44 | Compare |
| Harewood Junior School | Foundation | 0.9 miles | 356 | Good 2024 | 76 | Compare |
| Holmleigh Park High School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 1,416 | Good 2023 | 43 | Compare |
| Waterwells Primary Academy | Academy | 1.0 miles | 335 | Good 2022 | 37 | Compare |
| Kingsway Primary School | Council | 1.1 miles | 444 | Report card 2026 | 75 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Valley Bridge School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Valley Bridge School yet.
How many pupils does Valley Bridge School have?
54 pupils aged 6 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 120 places, so it is 45% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Church Lane, Whaddon, Gloucester, GL4 0UF
- Telephone
- 01452 227300
- Website
- www.valleybridgeschool.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Andrew Vinton
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 6-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Ward
- Hardwicke
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 6 August 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150712 · LAESTAB 9166042
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.
- 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.