Academy special converter
Cheltenham · GL51 3AT · Gloucestershire
Ages 4–16
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenURN 115821
Bettridge School
Community special school · Cheltenham · GL51 3AT
Age range
Ages 2–19
Pupils
145
Local authority
Gloucestershire
Age range
Ages 2–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 2–19, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, 145 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, sixth form, special school. Free school meals: 42.1%. SEN provision includes: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication….
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 115821
Location
- Address
- Warden Hill Road
- Postcode
- GL51 3AT
- Town
- Cheltenham
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- District
- Cheltenham
- Constituency
- Cheltenham
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 145
- Boys / girls
- 99 / 46
- School capacity
- 150
- Capacity fill
- 145 / 150 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 42.1%
- FSM pupils
- 45
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo Bleasdale
- Telephone
- 01242514934
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-01-12
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.