Melrose School[1]

Special · ages 5–16

Headline results

Special schools' results are not shown as headlines: they are not comparable with mainstream schools'.

Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 15.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.98 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	14.1[5]	10%[5]
2023/24	12.6[3]	12.5%[3]	-1.98[3]
2022/23	10.3[6]	7%[6]	-3.03[6]
2021/22	2.9[7]	6%[7]	-4.12[7]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 9% 2023/24[8]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2023/24[8]
Reading, average scaled score: 95 2023/24[8]
Maths, average scaled score: 89 2023/24[8]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2022/23	0%[9]	0%[9]	95[9]	87[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 53% 2022/23[10]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[10]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[10]
Further education college: 20% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[10]
Employment: 13% 2022/23[10]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	61%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]	44%[11]	0%[11]	11%[11]
2020/21	55%[12]	0%[12]	0%[12]	35%[12]	10%[12]	5%[12]
2019/20	58%[13]	0%[13]	0%[13]	42%[13]	0%[13]	8%[13]
2018/19	67%[14]	0%[14]	0%[14]	53%[14]	0%[14]	0%[14]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 2 Jul 2024[15]
Type: S5 Inspection[15]
Report published: 9 Sep 2024[15]
Personal development: Good[15]
Quality of education: Good[15]
Overall effectiveness: Good[15]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[15]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[15]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[15]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
15 May 2018[16]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[16]	No overall grade[16]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Community special school[1]
Ages: 5–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 158[1]
Local authority: Merton[1]
Website: www.melbury.merton.sch.uk [1]
District: Merton [17]
Postcode: CR4 3BE[1]
URN: 102697[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 128 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language: 6.3% 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 60.2% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 62%[19]
Mixed: 15.7%[19]
Asian: 7.2%[19]
Black: 12%[19]
Any other ethnic group: 1.8%[19]
Unclassified: 1.2%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.