Belong School Gloucestershire, Slimbridge
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Belong School excels at helping pupils who have previously struggled with attendance to attend regularly through caring relationships and family support. Staff skilfully remove barriers to learning through tailored adaptations and create a respectful, inclusive environment where pupils thrive. The school provides strong pastoral support that builds pupils' resilience and confidence while helping them develop important basic skills needed for their next steps.
Key Strengths
- Rapid improvements in attendance through positive relationships with pupils and families - leaders use forensic analysis to identify patterns and adapt approaches
- Strong caring culture with high expectations where pupils feel safe, behave well and are respectful of each other - bullying is rare
- Excellent inclusion practices with tailored support that reduces barriers to learning and promotes belonging
- Effective basic skills teaching in phonics and number to help pupils gain foundations for future learning
- Highly effective pastoral support that helps pupils develop resilience and confidence
Areas for Improvement
- Curriculum in some subjects lacks clarity about the most important knowledge and skills pupils should learn, and how to deepen understanding over time
- Assessment checks are not strongly embedded in all subjects, so teaching sometimes doesn't close knowledge gaps as effectively as it could
- Limited use of tracking data on pupil participation in wider personal development to extend opportunities further
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and acted upon, and pupils feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Sports, computing, traditional crafts, musical experiences, visits to local arts venues, trips to local area and further afield, visits to places of worship, visits to post-16 education providers and employers
Belong School Gloucestershire is a special school for pupils with educational needs and disabilities where leaders and staff work determinedly to remove barriers to attendance, learning and achievement. Pupils are safe, happy and make good progress through the curriculum with effective pastoral support.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
45%
Available places
45 pupils
100 capacity
55 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Slimbridge
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Slimbridge
Admissions Demand - Gloucestershire
Places available
7,972
Applications
6,678
Got 1st preference
84.6%
Got preferred school
96.6%
Secondary admissions across Gloucestershire (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Belong School Gloucestershire
Willow Primary Academy
Harewood Junior School
Harewood Infant School
Waterwells Primary Academy
Kingsway Primary School
Grange Primary Academy
Hillside Primary School
Field Court Junior School
Hunts Grove Primary Academy
Calton Primary School
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