The Polygon School[1]

Special · ages 11–16

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.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -2.09 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	2.4[5]	0%[5]
2023/24	1.2[3]	0%[3]	-2.09[3]
2022/23	3.1[6]	0%[6]	-2.19[6]
2021/22	1.4[7]	0%[7]	-2.82[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 71% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 14% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 43% 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	60%[9]	0%[9]	30%[9]	30%[9]	0%[9]	0%[9]
2020/21	50%[10]	0%[10]	14%[10]	29%[10]	0%[10]	7%[10]
2019/20	53%[11]	0%[11]	13%[11]	27%[11]	0%[11]	7%[11]
2018/19	53%[12]	0%[12]	13%[12]	33%[12]	0%[12]	7%[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: 2 Dec 2025[13]
Type: S5 Inspection[13]
Report published: 28 May 2026[13]
Inclusion: Strong standard[13]
Achievement: Expected standard[13]
Safeguarding standards: Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[13]
Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard[13]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[13]
Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
8 Mar 2022[14]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]	No overall grade[14]
8 Dec 2016[15]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[15]	Good[15]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Foundation special school[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Boys[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 78[1]
Trust: Southampton Co-operative Learning Trust[1]
Local authority: Southampton[1]
Website: http://www.polygon.southampton.sch.uk [1]
District: Southampton [16]
Postcode: SO15 2FH[1]
URN: 116624[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 76 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language: 1.3% 2024/25[17]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 82.9% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 92.2%[18]
Mixed: 3.9%[18]
Asian: 0%[18]
Black: 2.6%[18]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[18]
Unclassified: 1.3%[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: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, 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 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. 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.