Side By Side School
Ofsted: Outstanding
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- London, N16 0QJ
- Distance
- 1.3km away
The Garden School
Wordsworth Road, London, N16 8BZ
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
200
Capacity
4-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 December 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 15
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 100.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 199
- Boys
- 161 (79%)
- Girls
- 43 (21%)
- Capacity
- 200 (102% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 60.6%
- EAL
- 37.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 8.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £50,768/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 30.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 12.1%
- White Other: 9.1%
- White British: 8.0%
- Black Caribbean: 7.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 6.5%
- Mixed Other: 6.5%
- Black Other: 5.5%
30.6%
Black African
12.1%
Asian Bangladeshi
9.1%
White Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Wordsworth Road
London, London
Administrative
- URN
- 100311
- UKPRN
- 10016092
- Establishment No.
- 7161
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