The Garden School[1]

Special · ages 4–18

Headline results

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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% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
2023/24	0%[4]	0%[4]
2022/23	0%[5]	0%[5]
2018/19	0%[6]	0%[6]
2017/18	0%[7]	0%[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 100% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 0% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	81%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]
2020/21	100%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]
2019/20	88%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]	6%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]
2018/19	93%[12]	0%[12]	0%[12]	29%[12]	0%[12]	0%[12]

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: 3 Dec 2024[13]
Type: S5 Inspection[13]
Report published: 23 Jan 2025[13]
Personal development: Good[13]
Quality of education: Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[13]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[13]
Early years provision (where applicable): Good[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
21 Mar 2023[14]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]	No overall grade[14]
16 Jan 2018[15]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15]	No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Community special school[1]
Ages: 4–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 200[1]
Local authority: Hackney[1]
Website: http://www.the-garden.org.uk/[1]
District: Hackney [16]
Postcode: N16 8BZ[1]
URN: 100311[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 199 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language: 37.2% 2024/25[17]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 60.6% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 19.6%[18]
Mixed: 18.6%[18]
Asian: 15.7%[18]
Black: 42.2%[18]
Any other ethnic group: 3.9%[18]
Unclassified: 0%[18]

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 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. 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.