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Other independent special school · Schools & FE

The Outdoors School

URN 146200 · DevonOpen

Inspection history (9)

  1. 10 Jul 2025

    School inspection (EIF)

    Good
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Quality of educationGood

    Sarah Favager-Dalton (lead), Paula Marsh

  2. 4 Oct 2024

    Independent school inspection

    Matthew Barnes

  3. 20 Oct 2022

    School inspection (EIF)

    Good
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Quality of educationGood

    Dale Burr (lead), Tracy Hannon

  4. 19 Aug 2021

    Independent school inspection

    Matthew Barnes

  5. 7 Oct 2020

    Independent school inspection

    Mark Burgess

  6. 12 Mar 2020

    School inspection (EIF)

    Requires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement

    Mark Burgess (lead), Martin Bragg

  7. 30 Apr 2019

    Independent school inspection

    Iain Freeland (lead), Martin Bragg

  8. 30 Jul 2018

    Independent school inspection

    Jonathan Dyer (lead), Stephen Lee

  9. —

    Ofsted report

    James Gentile (lead), Lydia Pride

Details

URN
146200
Type
Other independent special school
Local authority
Devon
Region
South West
Address
Straw Barn, Barton Lane, Shillingford Abbot, Exeter, Devon, EX2 9QQ
Reports on record
9
Earliest report
30 Jul 2018
Opened
02-07-2019
Status
Open
Boarding
No boarders
Capacity
120
Age range
7 to 16
Telephone
01392832632
Headteacher
Mrs Robyn Vincent
Pupils on roll
112
Pupils' gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

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