Voluntary aided school · Primary
Winchester · SO21 2AS · Hampshire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
OpenURN 116642
Shepherds Down Special School
Community special school · Winchester · SO21 2AJ
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
198
Local authority
Hampshire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 4–11, in Winchester, Hampshire, 198 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 30.8%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty.
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Overview
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 116642
Location
- Address
- Shepherds Lane, Compton
- Postcode
- SO21 2AJ
- Town
- Winchester
- County
- Hampshire
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- District
- Winchester
- Constituency
- Winchester
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 198
- Boys / girls
- 143 / 55
- Free school meals
- 30.8%
- FSM pupils
- 61
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Deborah Gooderham
- Telephone
- 01962713445
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-04-13
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%
Absence
Pupil absence rates from DfE pupil absence in schools in England. Persistent absence means 10% or more of sessions missed; severe absence means 50% or more. Lower figures are better.
Academic year 2023/24
Overall absence
10.5%
Persistent absence
29.7%
Unauthorised
0.1%
- Authorised absence
- 10.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 148
Recent years
- 2022/23
- Overall 9.3% · Persistent 27.8%
- 2021/22
- Overall 9.9% · Persistent 32.9%