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Redwood Park Academy[1]

Special · ages 11–16

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
2 2018/19[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2018/19[2]
Progress 8
-1.54 2018/19[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[4]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[6]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[6]
Sixth-form college
3% 2022/23[6]
Further education college
61% 2022/23[6]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[6]
Employment
0% 2022/23[6]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 81%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7] 81%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7]
2020/21 93%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8] 81%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8]
2019/20 83%[9] 0%[9] 10%[9] 57%[9] 3%[9] 0%[9]
2018/19 82%[10] 0%[10] 14%[10] 59%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10]

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
23 Apr 2025[11]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[11]
Report published
8 Jun 2025[11]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[11]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Some aspects not as strong[11]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
19 Nov 2019[12] Academy First Section 5[12] Outstanding[12]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy special sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
155[1]
Trust
SOLENT ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Portsmouth[1]
District
Portsmouth[13]
Postcode
PO6 2RY[1]
URN
143828[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
165 2024/25[14]
English as an additional language
13.9% 2024/25[14]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[14]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[14]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
59.4% 2024/25[14]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
82.7%[15]
Mixed
3%[15]
Asian
6.5%[15]
Black
5.4%[15]
Any other ethnic group
2.4%[15]
Unclassified
0%[15]

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: KS4 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    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.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series for the 2020/21 academic year was cancelled
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2019/20. Period 2019/20. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in 2020
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, 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 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. 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.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. 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.