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Southover Partnership School[1]

Special · ages 8–19

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
9.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
5% 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]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 3.1[4] 0%[4]
2023/24 2.8[5] 0%[5]
2022/23 6.8[6] 0%[6]
2021/22 6.3[7] 8%[7]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[8]

ISI inspection

Inspection
January 2025[9]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[9]
Leadership and governance
Standards not met[9]
Quality of education
Standards met[9]
Health and wellbeing
Standards met[9]
Social and economic education
Standards met[9]
Safeguarding
Standards not met[9]

Health and wellbeing

  • ISI recommended: The school should share the attendance policy with parents and use strategies to improve attendance consistently.
  • ISI recommended: The school should consistently record and monitor required health and safety checks.
  • ISI recommended: The school should support staff in applying the behaviour policy consistently.

Previous ISI inspections: 2025 (2025 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Other independent special school[1]
Ages
8–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
75[1]
Local authority
Brent[1]
Website
www.southoverpartnership.com[1]
Special classes
Has Special Classes[8]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[8]
District
Brent[10]
Postcode
NW9 9HA[1]
URN
135373[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
51 2024/25[11]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[11]

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: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, 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: 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.
  9. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Southover Partnership School, January 2025. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  10. 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.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.