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Octavia House Schools, London[1]

Special · ages 5–17

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
1.8 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 1.6[6] 0%[6]
2023/24 0.7[7] 0%[7]
2022/23 0.5[8] 0%[8]
2018/19 3[9] 0%[9]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[10]

ISI inspection

Inspection
September 2025[11]
Framework
Framework from September 2023[11]
Leadership and governance
Standards met[11]
Quality of education
Standards met[11]
Health and wellbeing
Significant strength[11]
Social and economic education
Standards met[11]
Safeguarding
Standards met[11]

Leadership and governance

  • ISI recommended: The school should improve how it evaluates middle leaders to ensure pupils make good progress.

Quality of education

  • ISI recommended: The school should ensure EAL pupils' needs are fully understood and included in planning.

Health and wellbeing

  • ISI found (September 2025): The school has a strong approach combining teaching and therapies to support pupils' progress.

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
5–17[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
125[1]
Local authority
Lambeth[1]
Website
www.ohs.uk[1]
Special classes
Has Special Classes[10]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[10]
District
Lambeth[12]
Postcode
SE11 6AU[1]
URN
138803[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
109 2024/25[13]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[13]

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 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. 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.
  11. Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Octavia House Schools, London, September 2025. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
  12. 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.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.