Southfield SchoolRhodes Wood Hospital School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Hatfield.

Summary of the comparison

This page compares Southfield School and Rhodes Wood Hospital School.

Neither school has a composite score. Our score needs published attainment data, which is not available for every school or every nation.
Southfield School was judged Good and Rhodes Wood Hospital School was judged Outstanding.
The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at Southfield School (0.0% in 2022-23, 0.0% in 2024-25).

Southfield School versus Rhodes Wood Hospital School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	HatfieldSouthfield School	Rhodes Wood Hospital School	England average
Overview
Our score	Not scored	Not scored
Local ranking	Not ranked	Not ranked
Inspection	Ofsted: Good	Ofsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School type	Community special school	Other independent special school
Age range	4-11	7-19
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	108	35
Capacity	100	39
Location	Hatfield, AL10 8NN	AL9 6NN
GCSE results
Cohort	Not reported	6
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard	0.0%	Not reported	62.0%
At higher standard	0.0%	Not reported	8.0%
Pupils
Pupils in the census	102	34
Free school meals (ever 6)	73.5%	0.0%
English as an additional language	3.9%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	0.0%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	0.0%
Attendance
Overall absence	7.8%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	16.3%	Not reported	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.