Sheridan House School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Thetford, IP26 5LQ
- Distance
- 13.6km away
Fred Nicholson School
77 Lynn Road, Swaffham, PE37 7BB
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
224
Capacity
3-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 12 March 2025.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Cohort Size
- 32
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 197
- Boys
- 116 (59%)
- Girls
- 79 (41%)
- Capacity
- 224 (87% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 57.1%
- EAL
- 9.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 6.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 31.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £27,093/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.9%
- White Other: 4.2%
- Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Black African: 1.1%
- Gypsy/Roma: 0.5%
86.9%
White British
4.2%
White Other
2.6%
Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
77 Lynn Road
Swaffham, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 121256
- UKPRN
- 10015370
- Establishment No.
- 7004
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