A SPECIAL school in Bridgwater has been described as "good" this week by pleased Ofsted inspectors.

Penrose Special School's strengths were highlighted as "the very good knowledge" staff have of each individual pupil and the care provided for them in the document.

The Albert Street building was looked round on January 16 by inspector Sarah Mascall, but only now have her findings been made public.

Head teacher Sue Neale told the Mercury people working with the school were delighted with the report.

"We were pleased with it because everything came out well," she said.

"It's nice to be recognised as good and everybody is happy with it. I think everybody working together has helped make it a success.

"The warm friendly atmosphere was mentioned. We have got a couple of jobs to do but nothing we can't deal with."

In a letter to parents of pupils of the school Ofsted said there were lots of things happening during the day to keep students occupied.

"Penrose is a good school. Your teachers know you very well and teaching is good. Because of this, you make good progress in your learning and achieve well," it read.

"You all behave very well and we were impressed by how well you all get on together. You have lots of opportunities to go out of school and you know how to behave in different places and how to get on with people.

"The school makes sure you are well looked after and has good systems for making sure you keep safe. It is beginning to get better at checking how well you are doing and to use this information to make sure everyone makes the best possible progress."