Aurora Severnside School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Gloucestershire, GL13 9FB
- Distance
- 13.5km away
Heart of the Forest Community Special School
Speech House, Coleford, GL16 7EJ
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
145
Capacity
4-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 25 February 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 13
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 67.0%
- Continued in education
- 67.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 143
- Boys
- 93 (65%)
- Girls
- 50 (35%)
- Capacity
- 145 (99% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 48.1%
- EAL
- 3.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 11.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £26,178/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 14.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 41.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.0%
- White Other: 2.8%
- Black Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
- Asian Other: 1.4%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
88.0%
White British
2.8%
White Other
2.1%
Black Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Speech House
Coleford, South West
Administrative
- URN
- 134190
- UKPRN
- 10015775
- Establishment No.
- 7025
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