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Spa School, Bermondsey[1]

Special · ages 11–19

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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.

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[2]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[2]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[2]
Further education college
0% 2022/23[2]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[2]
Employment
0% 2022/23[2]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 100%[3] 0%[3] 0%[3] 0%[3] 0%[3] 0%[3]
2020/21 100%[4] 0%[4] 0%[4] 0%[4] 0%[4] 0%[4]
2019/20 90%[5] 0%[5] 0%[5] 0%[5] 0%[5] 0%[5]
2018/19 100%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6]

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
22 May 2024[7]
Type
S5 Inspection[7]
Report published
12 Jul 2024[7]
Personal development
Good[7]
Quality of education
Good[7]
Overall effectiveness
Good[7]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[7]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[7]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[7]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[7]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
17 Jan 2023[8] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[8] No overall grade[8]

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
115[1]
Trust
SPA EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Southwark[1]
Website
www.spa-education.org[1]
District
Southwark[9]
Postcode
SE1 5RN[1]
URN
146190[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
114 2024/25[10]
English as an additional language
25.4% 2024/25[10]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[10]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[10]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
62.5% 2024/25[10]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
22.1%[11]
Mixed
13.1%[11]
Asian
9%[11]
Black
49.2%[11]
Any other ethnic group
6.6%[11]
Unclassified
0%[11]

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 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. 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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. 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.