Kershaw Wood
Talbot Street, Glossop, SK13 7DG
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Catherine Donnelly
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- High Peak
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 36
- Pupils on roll
- 12
- URN
- 150857
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 03301180974
About this school
Kershaw Wood is an independent special school in Glossop. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 12 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Kershaw Wood 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
Kershaw Wood has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in August 2024, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 12
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Brambles School2.7 miles
Special schools · Mottram
-
Hawthorns School3.0 miles
Academies · Hyde
-
Peak Forest3.2 miles
Special schools · Hyde
-
Tame Bank5.1 miles
Special schools · Stalybridge
-
Trinity School5.3 miles
Independent schools · Stalybridge
Other schools in Glossop
- Arnfield Independent School Special schools
- Gamesley Early Excellence Centre Nursery
- Hadfield Nursery School Nursery
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Charlesworth Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Dinting Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Duke of Norfolk CofE Primary School Primary
- Gamesley Primary School Primary
- Hadfield Infant School Primary
- Padfield Community Primary School Primary
- Simmondley Primary School Primary
- St Andrew's CofE Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Kershaw Wood teach?
- Kershaw Wood teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a special school in Glossop.
- Who is the headteacher of Kershaw Wood?
- The headteacher of Kershaw Wood is Catherine Donnelly, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Kershaw Wood been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Kershaw Wood 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 Kershaw Wood?
- Kershaw Wood has 12 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Kershaw Wood full?
- Kershaw Wood has capacity for 36 pupils and 12 on roll (33%), 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 Kershaw Wood a faith school?
- No. Kershaw Wood has no designated religious character.
- Does Kershaw Wood publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Kershaw Wood. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.