South East
Special schools in Southampton
81 schools, 34,805 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 35.5.
Ofsted across Southampton
Good29
Outstanding7
Requires improvement3
Inadequate1
No overall grade41
40 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 41 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Special schools in Southampton
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Avenue SchoolOther independent special school | Southampton | No grade | — |
| Springwell SchoolCommunity special school | Southampton | Outstanding 2023 | — |
| The Cedar SchoolCommunity special school | Southampton | Good 2024 | — |
| The Polygon SchoolFoundation special school | Southampton | No grade | — |
| The Serendipity SchoolOther independent special school | Southampton | No grade | — |
| Vermont SchoolFoundation special school | Southampton | No grade | — |
| Yarrow Heights SchoolOther independent special school | Southampton | No grade | — |