Belong School Gloucestershire
Wild Goose Lodge, Shepherds Patch, Slimbridge, GL2 7BP
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 9 to 17
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Saar Yaniv
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Stroud
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 100
- Pupils on roll
- 45
- URN
- 146671
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 03003035755
About this school
Belong School Gloucestershire is an independent special school in Slimbridge. It teaches children aged 9 to 17 and has 45 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Belong School Gloucestershire under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Belong School Gloucestershire has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 2019, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 11 | 11 | 16 |
| Attainment 8 score | 8.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 9% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Belong School Gloucestershire has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Gloucestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6 | 43.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 4.1 | 44.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 4 | 44.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 31 |
| 2024/25 | 35 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 45
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
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Valley Bridge School0.0 miles
Special schools · Gloucester
-
Brookthorpe Hall School1.2 miles
Special schools · Gloucester
-
The Altus School1.2 miles
Local authority maintained schools · Gloucester
-
Al Ashraf Primary School2.5 miles
Independent schools · Gloucestershire
-
Al-Ashraf Secondary School for Girls2.7 miles
Independent schools · Gloucester
Common questions
- What year groups does Belong School Gloucestershire teach?
- Belong School Gloucestershire teaches children aged 9 to 17. It is a special school in Slimbridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Belong School Gloucestershire?
- The headteacher of Belong School Gloucestershire is Mr Saar Yaniv, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Belong School Gloucestershire been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Belong School Gloucestershire under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Belong School Gloucestershire?
- Belong School Gloucestershire has 45 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 17.
- Is Belong School Gloucestershire full?
- Belong School Gloucestershire has capacity for 100 pupils and 45 on roll (45%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Belong School Gloucestershire a faith school?
- No. Belong School Gloucestershire has no designated religious character.
- How have Belong School Gloucestershire's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 8.6 in 2022/23 and 4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Belong School Gloucestershire's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Belong School Gloucestershire's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.