Great Oaks School[1]

Special · ages 11–19

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: 0.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -1.58 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[5]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[6]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	1[7]	0%[7]
2023/24	0.6[3]	0%[3]	-1.58[3]
2018/19	0.2[8]	0%[8]	-1.59[8]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 94% 2022/23[9]
School sixth form: 0% 2022/23[9]
Sixth-form college: 6% 2022/23[9]
Further education college: 65% 2022/23[9]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[9]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[9]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[10]	0%[10]	13%[10]	45%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]
2020/21	96%[11]	0%[11]	14%[11]	46%[11]	0%[11]	0%[11]
2019/20	97%[12]	0%[12]	14%[12]	42%[12]	0%[12]	0%[12]
2018/19	95%[13]	0%[13]	8%[13]	50%[13]	0%[13]	0%[13]

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: 28 Nov 2023[14]
Type: S5 Inspection[14]
Report published: 24 Jan 2024[14]
Personal development: Outstanding[14]
Quality of education: Outstanding[14]
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding[14]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[14]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[14]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding[14]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[14]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
16 Nov 2021[15]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[15]	No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy special converter[1]
Ages: 11–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 280[1]
Trust: SPECIALIST SCHOOLS TRUST LTD[1]
Local authority: Southampton[1]
Website: www.greatoaks.school [1]
District: Southampton [16]
Postcode: SO16 7LT[1]
URN: 144205[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 352 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language: 20.5% 2024/25[17]
SEN support: 0% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan: 100% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 71.2% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 71.3%[18]
Mixed: 8.1%[18]
Asian: 14.1%[18]
Black: 4.9%[18]
Any other ethnic group: 1.4%[18]
Unclassified: 0.3%[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: Key stage 4 performance 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series for the 2020/21 academic year was cancelled
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2019/20. Period 2019/20. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in 2020
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 2018/19, 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 2023/24. 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.
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.