SF School Facts UK

Special school in London, Haringey

Blanche Nevile School

Burlington Road, London, N10 1NJ

Ofsted Good · 2023 Full
School website 02084422750

Ofsted

Goodas at 3 February 2023

Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 3 February 2023.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Exam results

Special schools serve pupils whose needs the standard measures were not designed to describe, so results are not shown or ranked here.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
97
Places
68
How full
Full — 97 pupils against 68 places
Girls / boys
55 / 42
Overall absence
11%

England 5.8%

Persistently absent
38%

England 14.7% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
55%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
63%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
100%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
0%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
100%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
100%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
0%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
0%
No sustained destination
0%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
8

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Haringey 014C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
66%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
8%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
53%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
8%

England 17%

Households with no car
36%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
30%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Community special school
Phase
Special
Ages
Ages 3–16
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Yes
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Kathryn McCarthy & Laila Doobeh (Co-Heads)
Local authority
Haringey
Ward
Fortis Green
Constituency
Hornsey and Friern Barnet
URN
102175

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest special schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
TreeHouse SchoolNon-maintained special school Outstanding 2024 0.6 mi
Kestrel House SchoolOther independent special school No grade 1.8 mi
Oakleigh School & Acorn Assessment CentreCommunity special school No grade 2.1 mi
The Holmewood SchoolOther independent special school No grade 2.1 mi
Riverside SchoolCommunity special school No grade 2.3 mi
Orange Tree SchoolOther independent special school No grade 2.6 mi
Royal Free Hospital Children's SchoolCommunity special school No grade 2.9 mi
The Brook Special Primary SchoolCommunity special school Outstanding 2023 2.9 mi

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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