The Polygon School
Two in three Year 11 leavers stay in education (England 86%); as a special school, its figures are not comparable with mainstream schools.
of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Southampton 84% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Places
- —
- Pupils
- 77
- Free school meals
- 83.1%
Ofsted: Inspected 2 December 2025 · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Southampton’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 78 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.
Where do pupils go at 16?
DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 14 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023
Of the 14 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Polygon School in 2023, 14% moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.
Full breakdown11
| Measure | The Polygon School | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 14 | 2,315 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 71% | 90% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 71% | 84% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 5% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 14% | 53% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 24% | 37% |
| — other education | 14% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 7% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 29% | 3% | 3% |
How do GCSE results compare?
Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.
DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 12 pupils in Year 11
0% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Southampton 39%, England 45%).
Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.
All GCSE measures10
| Measure | The Polygon School | Southampton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 2.4 | 41.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 57% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 36% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.00 | 3.71 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 100% | 39% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 2.4 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 48.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 30% | 19% |
Which jobs use what’s taught here?
A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.
Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.
Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works
More apprenticeships9
How do you get a place?
Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with Southampton, not by distance.
- Any timeAsk Southampton’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
Compare with nearby schools
More Southampton schools3
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.