Grace Garden School
Canford Lane, Bristol, BS9 3PE
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 7 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Principal Francesca Meynell
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Bristol North West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 50
- Pupils on roll
- 37
- URN
- 148394
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01172033722
About this school
Grace Garden School is an independent special school in Bristol, City of. It teaches children aged 7 to 16 and has 37 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Grace Garden School 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
Grace Garden School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in May 2021, 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 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Grace Garden School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 22 |
| 2023/24 | 30 |
| 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
- 37
Location
Nearby schools
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North Star 265°0.6 miles
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North Star 82°0.7 miles
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Elmfield School for Deaf Children0.9 miles
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Redmaids' High School1.0 miles
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Badminton School1.0 miles
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Common questions
- What year groups does Grace Garden School teach?
- Grace Garden School teaches children aged 7 to 16. It is a special school in Bristol, City of.
- Who is the headteacher of Grace Garden School?
- The headteacher of Grace Garden School is Principal Francesca Meynell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Grace Garden School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Grace Garden School 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 Grace Garden School?
- Grace Garden School has 37 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 16.
- Is Grace Garden School full?
- Grace Garden School has capacity for 50 pupils and 37 on roll (74%), 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 Grace Garden School a faith school?
- No. Grace Garden School has no designated religious character.
- What are Grace Garden School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grace Garden School'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.