Doucecroft SchoolHillside Special School
Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.
Summary of the comparison
This page compares Doucecroft School and Hillside Special School.
Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Doucecroft School was judged Requires improvement and Hillside Special School was judged strong.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Hillside Special School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).
Side-by-side comparison
| Measure | ColchesterDoucecroft School | SudburyHillside Special School | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | |||
| Our score | Not scored | Not scored | |
| Local ranking | Not ranked | Not ranked | |
| Inspection | Ofsted: Requires improvement | Ofsted: StrongStronger figure | |
| School type | Other independent special school | Community special school | |
| Age range | 3-19 | 4-19 | |
| Gender | Mixed | Mixed | |
| Pupils on roll | 83 | 89 | |
| Capacity | 100 | 94 | |
| Location | Colchester, CO6 3QL | Sudbury, CO10 1NN | |
| GCSE results | |||
| Attainment 8 | 3.1 | Not reported | 46.0 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0.0% | Not reported | 45.4% |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0.0% | Not reported | 64.8% |
| Entering EBacc | 0.0% | Not reported | 40.5% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.33 | Not reported | 4.09 |
| Cohort | 9 | 4 | |
| Key Stage 2 (SATs) | |||
| Reading, writing & maths at expected standard | Not reported | 0.0% | 62.0% |
| At higher standard | Not reported | 0.0% | 8.0% |
| Pupils | |||
| Pupils in the census | 87 | 86 | |
| Free school meals (ever 6) | 0.0% | 45.2% | |
| English as an additional language | Not reported | 5.8% | |
| SEN support | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| SEN with an EHC plan | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Attendance | |||
| Overall absence | Not reported | 10.9% | 6.2% |
| Persistent absence | Not reported | 26.3% | 15.8% |
marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.
Historical trends
Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.
Pupils on roll
Ethnicity over time
One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.
Hillside Special School
Full profiles: Doucecroft School · Hillside Special School