South West
Special schools in Bristol, City of
161 schools, 68,446 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 40.2.
Ofsted across Bristol, City of
Good66
Requires improvement8
Outstanding6
Inadequate2
No overall grade79
82 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 79 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Special schools in Bristol, City of
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avonside SchoolOther independent special school | Bristol | No grade | — |
| Belgrave SchoolOther independent special school | Bristol | No grade | — |
| Briarwood SchoolCommunity special school | Bristol | No grade | — |
| Claremont SchoolCommunity special school | Bristol | Good 2023 | — |
| Elmfield School for Deaf ChildrenCommunity special school | Bristol | Good 2023 | — |
| Elmtree Grove School LtdOther independent special school | Bristol | No grade | — |
| Grace Garden SchoolOther independent special school | Bristol, City of | No grade | — |
| Kingsweston SchoolCommunity special school | Bristol | No grade | — |
| MIAG (Meeting Individual Aspirations & Goals)Other independent special school | Bristol | No grade | — |
| Manor Wood SchoolOther independent special school | Bristol | No grade | — |
| New Fosseway SchoolFoundation special school | Bristol | Good 2023 | — |