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Brunel School

Academy school in Paignton TQ3 2AL

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  • School Reference Number: 150616
  • Address: 170b Torquay Road, Paignton TQ3 2AL
  • Headteacher: Mrs Vikki Alden
  • Telephone: 01803 665522
  • Website: brunelschool.org
  • Managing Organisation: The Special Partnership Trust
  • Type: Academies
  • Sub-Type: Academy special sponsor led
  • Phase: Not applicable
  • Pupil Capacity: 55
  • Local Education Authority: Torbay
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 11 to 16
  • Active From: September 2023* (Fresh Start)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 04/02/2020

Rating published on 26/02/2020

Overall effectiveness: Requires Improvement

Quality of education: Requires Improvement

Behaviour and attitudes: Requires Improvement

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number150616
Local Authority Code880
Local Authority NameTorbay
Establishment Number7002
School / College NameBrunel School
Establishment Type Code33
Establishment typeAcademy special sponsor led
Establishment Type Group Code10
Establishment Type GroupAcademies
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code04
Reason establishment openedFresh Start
Open date01-09-2023
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 0
Phase of educationNot applicable
Age range Low11
Age range High16
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code06
Religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Diocese Code9999
Diocese
Admissions Policy Code9
Admissons policy
School capacity55
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils54
Number of Boys47
Number of Girls7
Percentage Free School Meals79.60
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code16342
Academy trust or TrustSPECIAL PARTNERSHIP TRUST
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorThe Special Partnership Trust
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10094349
FEHE Identifier
Further education type
Last Changed Date22-01-2025
Street170b Torquay Road
Locality
Address3
TownPaignton
County (name)Devon
PostcodeTQ3 2AL
Websitewww.brunelschool.org
Telephone01803665522
Headteacher/Principal titleMrs
Headteacher/Principal first nameVikki
Headteacher/Principal last nameAlden
Headteacher/Principal Job Title
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provision
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providers
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provisionSEN unit
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll53
SEN unit capacity55
Government Office Region CodeK
Government Office RegionSouth West
District CodeE06000027
DistrictTorbay
Ward CodeE05012263
WardPreston
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001551
Parliamentary ConstituencyTorbay
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE06000027
Easting289013
Northing61508
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Torbay 014
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Torbay 014A
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
CountryUnited Kingdom
UPRN10002982506
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02003167
LSOA CodeE01015229
Free School Meals43
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN150616
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/150616
LAESTAB8807002
School nameBrunel School
Ofsted phaseSpecial
Type of educationAcademy Special Sponsor Led
School open date01/09/2023
Admissions policyUnknown
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterNone
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionSouth West
RegionSouth West
Local authorityTorbay
Parliamentary constituencyTorbay
Multi-academy trust UID16342
Multi-academy trust nameSpecial Partnership Trust
Academy sponsor UID17505
Academy sponsor nameThe Special Partnership Trust
PostcodeTQ3 2AL
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile5
Total number of pupils54
Statutory lowest age11
Statutory highest age16
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspectionN/A
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10122322
Inspection typeAcademy First Section 5
Inspection type groupingAcademy First Section 5
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date04/02/2020
Publication date26/02/2020
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?No
URN at time of latest graded inspection143552
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8807000
School name at time of latest graded inspectionThe Brunel Academy
School type at time of latest graded inspectionAcademy Special Sponsor Led
Current school type used for chart C6Not inspected in current form
Overall effectivenessRequires Improvement
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationRequires Improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires Improvement
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection numberN/A
Previous inspection start dateN/A
Previous publication dateN/A
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
School name at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
School type at time of previous graded inspectionN/A
Previous graded inspection overall effectivenessN/A
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementN/A
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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