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Merrywood House Independent Special School[1]

Special · ages 5–16

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
4.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[4]

Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), not Ofsted. ISI publishes its reports on its own website (isi.net); we haven't restated this school's findings yet.

ISI inspection

Previous ISI inspections: 2026 (2026 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Other independent special school[1]
Ages
5–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
150[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
www.merrywood.org.uk[1]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[4]
District
Reigate and Banstead[5]
Postcode
KT20 7HF[1]
URN
147600[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
66 2024/25[6]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[6]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[6]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[6]

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: 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: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. 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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.