Briarwood SchoolNeptune School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Bristol.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Briarwood School and Neptune School.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Briarwood School was judged exceptional and Neptune School was judged Good.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Briarwood School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Briarwood School versus Neptune School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	BristolBriarwood School	Neptune School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure	Ofsted: Good
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	3-19	8-16
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	167	25
Capacity	168	25
Location	Bristol, BS16 4EA	BS30 5JU
GCSE results
Cohort	11	2
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	0.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	167	23
Free school meals (ever 6)	64.2%	0.0%
English as an additional language	44.9%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	100.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	13.6%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	42.4%	Not reported	15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.