Community special school

Heart of the Forest Community Special School

Mixed · ages 4–19 · with sixth formGloucestershire, South West · Coleford GL16 7EJSchool website
Pupils on roll
160of 160 places
Free school meals
53.3%
Year 11 cohort 2025
13
Ofsted
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next, 25 February 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registrations: Dean Hall School (URN 115815); Oakdene School (URN 115822).

What the data says

Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Heart of the Forest Community Special School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Heart of the Forest Community Special School’s own sixth form (Gloucestershire average 46%), 44% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Gloucestershire and England.

This school
Gloucestershire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolGloucestershireEngland
Pupils in the cohort96,782607,348
Any sustained destination67%93%92%
Stayed in education67%85%86%
— school sixth form0%46%34%
— sixth form college0%11%13%
— further education college44%26%37%
— other education22%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment0%4%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown33%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Gloucestershire

Archway School

Community school · sixth form · 1,053 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3

Balcarras School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,427 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.5

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.