The Garden SchoolSide By Side School

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

Summary of the comparison

This page compares The Garden School and Side By Side School in London.

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

The Garden School versus Side By Side School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure	LondonThe Garden School	LondonSide By Side 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	4-18	2-20
Gender	Mixed	Mixed
Pupils on roll	204	110
Capacity	200	150
Location	London, N16 8BZ	London, N16 0QJ
GCSE results
Cohort	15	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	199	110
Free school meals (ever 6)	60.6%	0.0%
English as an additional language	37.2%	Not reported
SEN support	0.0%	21.8%
SEN with an EHC plan	100.0%	76.4%
Attendance
Overall absence	9.2%	Not reported	6.2%
Persistent absence	23.5%	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.