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Perseid School[1]

Special · ages 3–19

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Results

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Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[2]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
2023/24 0%[3] 0%[3]
2022/23 0%[4] 0%[4]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[5]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[5]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[5]
Further education college
0% 2022/23[5]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[5]
Employment
0% 2022/23[5]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 100%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6]
2020/21 83%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7]
2016/17 100%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8]
2013/14 100%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9]

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
14 Jan 2025[10]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[10]
Report published
2 Mar 2025[10]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[10]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[10]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
3 Jul 2019[11] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[11] No overall grade[11]
Date not published[12] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[12] No overall grade[12]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Community special school[1]
Ages
3–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
196[1]
Local authority
Merton[1]
Website
www.perseid.merton.sch.uk[1]
District
Merton[13]
Postcode
SM4 5LT[1]
URN
102698[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
160 2024/25[14]
English as an additional language
43.8% 2024/25[14]
SEN support
0.6% 2024/25[14]
EHC plan
99.4% 2024/25[14]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
54.6% 2024/25[14]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
30.6%[15]
Mixed
16.7%[15]
Asian
26.9%[15]
Black
20.4%[15]
Any other ethnic group
2.2%[15]
Unclassified
3.2%[15]

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

  1. 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.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2013/14, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. 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.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. 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.