Pollyteach Limited
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Mansfield, NG18 4TJ
- Distance
- 3.8km away
Dawn House School
Helmsley Road, Rainworth, Nr Mansfield, Notts, NG21 0DQ
Ofsted: Outstanding
Independent
Phase
120
Capacity
5-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 1 July 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 3.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 0.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 0.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 13
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
- 103
- Boys
- 72 (64%)
- Girls
- 41 (36%)
- Capacity
- 120 (94% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.2%
- EAL
- 1.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 99.0%
- SEN Support
- 1.0%
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 14.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 35.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Non-maintained special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Boarding school
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 86.9%
- White Other: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.0%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Black African: 1.0%
86.9%
White British
4.0%
White Other
4.0%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Helmsley Road
Nr Mansfield, Notts, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 122956
- UKPRN
- 10015047
- Establishment No.
- 7022
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