Samuel Cody School[1]

Special · ages 4–16

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: 7.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.98 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	6.6[5]	0%[5]
2023/24	10.7[3]	0%[3]	-0.98[3]
2022/23	13.1[6]	4%[6]	-1.10[6]
2021/22	10.8[7]	6%[7]	-1.63[7]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 5% 2024/25[8]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
Reading, average scaled score: 102 2024/25[8]
Maths, average scaled score: 96 2024/25[8]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	0%[9]	0%[9]	108[9]	92[9]
2022/23	0%[10]	0%[10]	112[10]	99[10]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 93% 2022/23[11]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[11]
Sixth-form college: 4% 2022/23[11]
Further education college: 85% 2022/23[11]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[11]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[11]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	94%[12]	0%[12]	6%[12]	82%[12]	0%[12]	0%[12]
2020/21	85%[13]	0%[13]	0%[13]	85%[13]	0%[13]	0%[13]
2019/20	96%[14]	0%[14]	11%[14]	82%[14]	0%[14]	0%[14]
2018/19	93%[15]	0%[15]	7%[15]	83%[15]	0%[15]	3%[15]

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: 9 Jun 2026[16]
Type: S5 Inspection[16]
Report published: 9 Jul 2026[16]
Inclusion: Expected standard[16]
Achievement: Expected standard[16]
Safeguarding standards: Met[16]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[16]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[16]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[16]
Early years (where applicable): Needs attention[16]
Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard[16]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
24 May 2022[17]	S5 Inspection[17]	Good[17]
12 Oct 2017[18]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[18]	No overall grade[18]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Community special school[1]
Ages: 4–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 340[1]
Local authority: Hampshire[1]
Website: http://www.samuelcody.hants.sch.uk/[1]
District: Rushmoor [19]
Postcode: GU14 8SN[1]
URN: 116640[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 336 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language: 11% 2024/25[20]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 41.1% 2024/25[20]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 79.8%[21]
Mixed: 6.5%[21]
Asian: 10.8%[21]
Black: 0.9%[21]
Any other ethnic group: 1.1%[21]
Unclassified: 0.9%[21]

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.
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Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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