Selworthy Special School
Other · Academy special converter · Ages 4–19 · Taunton, Somerset
Selworthy Special School is an other school in Taunton, Somerset for ages 4–19 (academy special converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023.
Key facts
- Address
- Selworthy Road, Taunton, TA2 8HD
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Phase
- Other
- Ages
- 4–19
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Somerset
- Pupils on roll
- 204 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 5.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils learn an ambitious curriculum.”
- “The ‘SPECIAL ‒ supportive, personalised, empowering, creative, inspirational, aspirational, life long – curriculum’ underpins the vision and aspirations staff, and those responsible for governance, have for the pupils.”
- “Staff know pupils well and care about their well-being.”
To improve
- “In other domains, leaders have not broken learning down into small enough steps.”
- “Consequently, teachers do not have as much detail about what pupils should learn and what this should look like.”
- “This results in some pupils not learning as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 0% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Nearby other schools
Straight-line distance, in Somerset.
- The Sky Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Park House School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- King's College Prep 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Taunton Preparatory School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Taunton School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Silver Bridge School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Willow Vale School 1.6 mi School remains Good
- King's College Taunton 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade