Valley Bridge School
Other independent special school in Gloucester (Gloucestershire).
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iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).Press Map+ on the map for a full-screen view with neighbourhood deprivation layers.
Nearby schools
nearest first23 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Willow Primary Academy, 0.4 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 0.4 mi | Primary | 211 | Good, 2024 |
| St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreAcademy converter | 0.4 mi | Secondary | 1,545 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 5 |
| Harewood Infant SchoolCommunity | 0.9 mi | Primary | 227 | Ungraded inspection, Apr 2024Last graded Good (Jun 2018) |
| Harewood Junior SchoolFoundation | 0.9 mi | Primary | 356 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2024Last graded Good (Jan 2014) |
| Holmleigh Park High SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1.0 mi | Secondary | 1,416 | Good, 2023 |
| Waterwells Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.0 mi | Primary | 335 | Good, 2022 |
| Brookthorpe Hall SchoolOther independent special | 1.1 mi | Special | 58 | - |
| Grange Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.1 mi | Primary | 215 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| Kingsway Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.1 mi | Primary | 444 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 3 |
| The Altus SchoolPupil referral unit | 1.2 mi | Alternative provision | 172 | Good, 2022 |
| The Crypt SchoolAcademy converter | 1.2 mi | Secondary | 1,100 | Outstanding, 2024 |
| Hillside Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.6 mi | Primary | 495 | Good, 2022 |
| Ribston Hall High SchoolAcademy converter | 1.6 mi | Secondary | 939 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 3 |
| Beech Green Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.6 mi | Primary | 320 | Requires improvement, 2024 |
| Calton Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 1.7 mi | Primary | 508 | Requires improvement, 2021This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy. |
| Hunts Grove Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.7 mi | Primary | 400 | Good, 2024 |
| Meadowside Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.7 mi | Primary | 205 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 2 key judgements, Requires improvement in 2; early years provision Requires improvement |
| Field Court Church of England Infant AcademyAcademy converter | 1.7 mi | Primary | 300 | Good, 2023 |
| Field Court Junior SchoolAcademy converter | 1.7 mi | Primary | 353 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2 |
| Gloucester AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.8 mi | Secondary | 1,014 | No overall grade, 2024Outstanding in 1 key judgement, Good in 3 |
| Finlay Community SchoolFoundation | 1.8 mi | Primary | 412 | Good, 2024 |
| Severn Vale SchoolAcademy converter | 1.9 mi | Secondary | 1,350 | Ungraded inspection, Jan 2025Last graded Good (Jan 2011, previous school) |
| Linden Primary SchoolCommunity | 2.0 mi | Primary | 420 | Good, 2023 |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 30% least deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 8 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 50
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