Chapel Bridge School

Other independent special school · Ages 6–19 · Plymouth

Chapel Bridge School is an independent special school in Plymouth for ages 6–19.

Key facts

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

No Ofsted grade

“Pupils engage with learning and the wider world well at Chapel Bridge School.”
“However, the school has established an effective transition process that enables pupils to adapt well.”
“The school prioritises supporting pupils to manage their emotional responses to the world around them.”

“However, the school has not outlined with precision the knowledge that pupils must learn before moving on to more complex concepts in some areas of the curriculum.”
“Consequently, pupils do not build their knowledge well in some subjects.”
“However, the checks on what pupils know and do not know are not used well enough to ensure that pupils are secure in their understanding before moving on to new topics.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Straight-line distance, in Plymouth.