Rosewood Free School[1]
Special · ages 2–19
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.
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 0% 2023/24[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 0% 2023/24[2]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 11 Oct 2023[3]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[3]
- Report published
- 28 Nov 2023[3]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[3]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- School remains Outstanding[3]
Competition to get in
No published data for this school.
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools special[1]
- Ages
- 2–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 77[1]
- Trust
- SPECIALIST SCHOOLS TRUST LTD[1]
- Local authority
- Southampton[1]
- Website
- www.rosewoodfreeschool.org.uk[1]
- District
- Southampton[5]
- Postcode
- SO16 5NA[1]
- URN
- 139265[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 70 2024/25[6]
- English as an additional language
- 27.1% 2024/25[6]
- SEN support
- 17.1% 2024/25[6]
- EHC plan
- 82.9% 2024/25[6]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 23.3% 2024/25[6]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 71.4%[7]
- Mixed
- 9.1%[7]
- Asian
- 13%[7]
- Black
- 2.6%[7]
- Any other ethnic group
- 3.9%[7]
- Unclassified
- 0%[7]
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: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.