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The Serendipity School[1]

Special · ages 9–19

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
10.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[4]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 11.3[6] 14.3%[6]
2021/22 10.6[7] 14%[7]
2017/18 0.2[8] 0%[8]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Ofsted[9]
Latest inspection
4 Jun 2024[10]
Type
Independent School standard inspection[10]
Report published
2 Jul 2024[10]
Personal development
Outstanding[10]
Quality of education
Outstanding[10]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[10]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[10]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[10]
Independent school standards
All standards Met[10]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[10]

Ofsted inspects this independent school against the Independent School Standards; "Independent school standards" says whether it met all of them at its latest standard inspection.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Other independent special school[1]
Ages
9–19[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
25[1]
Local authority
Southampton[1]
Website
http://www.serendipity-education.com[1]
Nursery classes
No Nursery Classes[9]
Special classes
Has Special Classes[9]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[9]
District
Southampton[11]
Postcode
SO19 6DS[1]
URN
131556[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
26 2024/25[12]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[12]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[12]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[12]

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: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    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.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series for the 2020/21 academic year was cancelled
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2019/20. Period 2019/20. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in 2020
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2026-07-31, provisional. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. 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.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.