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Capella House School[1]

Special · ages 4–19

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
3.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-2.30 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 6.9[5] 12.5%[5]
2023/24 8.2[3] 10%[3] -2.30[3]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[6]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[6]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
2 Nov 2023[7]
Type
S5 Inspection[7]
Report published
7 Dec 2023[7]
Personal development
Outstanding[7]
Quality of education
Good[7]
Overall effectiveness
Good[7]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[7]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[7]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[7]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools special[1]
Ages
4–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Capacity
76[1]
Trust
HELIX LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Richmond upon Thames[1]
Website
www.capellahouse.org.uk[1]
District
Richmond upon Thames[8]
Postcode
TW2 7SL[1]
URN
147188[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
87 2024/25[9]
English as an additional language
23% 2024/25[9]
SEN support
8.1% 2024/25[9]
EHC plan
92% 2024/25[9]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
49.4% 2024/25[9]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
65.4%[10]
Mixed
12.8%[10]
Asian
11.5%[10]
Black
5.1%[10]
Any other ethnic group
3.8%[10]
Unclassified
1.3%[10]

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: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. 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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, 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. 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.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. 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.