Schools in Forest of Dean
52 state-funded schools, 10,755 pupils. 86.3% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Feb 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
1 school has been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in Forest of Dean?
Forest of Dean has 52 state-funded schools teaching 10,755 pupils. 45 primary, 6 secondary, 1 special.
What percentage of schools in Forest of Dean are Good or Outstanding?
86.3% of the 51 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in Forest of Dean are rated Good or Outstanding: 0 Outstanding and 44 Good. 7 require improvement and 0 are rated Inadequate.
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 45 | 44 | 86.4% |
| Secondary | 6 | 6 | 83.3% |
| Special | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Every school in Forest of Dean
Showing 20 of 52 schools.
| New framework | Links | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wyedean School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 1,068 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 1,063 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Dene Magna School | Secondary | 1,006 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Five Acres High School | Secondary | 808 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
The Dean Academy | Secondary | 734 | Good2021 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Forest View Primary School | Primary | 372 | Good2015 | — | OfstedWebsite |
SGS Forest High School | Secondary | 257 | Requires Improvement2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St White's Primary School | Primary | 250 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Severnbanks Primary School | Primary | 247 | Good2021 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Tutshill Church of England Primary School | Primary | 213 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Coalway Junior School | Primary | 211 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Mitcheldean Endowed Primary School | Primary | 210 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy | Primary | 210 | Good2022 | OfstedWebsite | |
Lydney Church of England Community School | Primary | 209 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Berry Hill Primary School | Primary | 205 | Good2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Bream Church of England Primary School | Primary | 180 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Yorkley Primary School | Primary | 172 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Picklenash Junior School | Primary | 161 | Requires Improvement2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
St John's C of E Academy | Primary | 154 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Heart of the Forest Community Special School | Special | 143 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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