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Forest Park School[1]

Special · ages 2–19

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Results

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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% 2020/21[8]
School sixth form
0% 2020/21[8]
Sixth-form college
0% 2020/21[8]
Further education college
0% 2020/21[8]
Apprenticeship
0% 2020/21[8]
Employment
0% 2020/21[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2016/17 100%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9]

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
29 Nov 2022[10]
Type
S5 Inspection[10]
Report published
18 Jan 2023[10]
Personal development
Outstanding[10]
Quality of education
Good[10]
Overall effectiveness
Good[10]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[10]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[10]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[10]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[10]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[10]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
4 Dec 2018[11] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[11] No overall grade[11]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Community special school[1]
Ages
2–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
140[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
www.fpshants.co.uk[1]
District
New Forest[12]
Postcode
SO40 8DZ[1]
URN
135823[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
143 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
5.6% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
45% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
87.1%[14]
Mixed
3.4%[14]
Asian
2.7%[14]
Black
5.4%[14]
Any other ethnic group
0.7%[14]
Unclassified
0.7%[14]

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

  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: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. 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.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  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.
  14. 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.