SF School Facts UK

Boys special school in Eastleigh, Hampshire

Lakeside School

Winchester Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 2DW

Ofsted Outstanding · 2023 Boys Full
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Ofsted

Outstandingas at 15 November 2023

Remained Outstanding at its last ungraded inspection, on 15 November 2023.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 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
97
How full
Full — 97 pupils against 97 places
Overall absence
32%

England 5.8%

Persistently absent
69%

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

Free school meals, last 6 years
66%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
1%

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
73%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
68%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
0%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
0%
No sustained destination
5%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
22

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 Eastleigh 001B, 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
55%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
7%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
94%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
1%

England 17%

Households with no car
5%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
44%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Community special school
Phase
Special
Ages
Ages 10–16
Gender
Boys
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Boarding school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Gareth Evans
Local authority
Hampshire
Ward
Hiltingbury
Constituency
Eastleigh
URN
116603

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest special schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Shepherds Down Special SchoolCommunity special school Good 2023 2 mi
Vermont SchoolFoundation special school No grade 4.1 mi
Yarrow Heights SchoolOther independent special school No grade 5 mi
New Avenue SchoolOther independent special school No grade 5.4 mi
The Cedar SchoolCommunity special school Good 2024 5.4 mi
Osborne SchoolCommunity special school Outstanding 2022 5.7 mi
Springwell SchoolCommunity special school Outstanding 2023 5.9 mi
The Serendipity SchoolOther independent special school No grade 6 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, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • 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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