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St Hugh's Special School

Special / other · Scunthorpe · DN16 1NB

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Outstanding

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 19 June 2024

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At a glance

160 pupils · 100% of 138 capacity

School type
Community special school
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
50.6% of pupils
English as additional language
8.9% of pupils
SEN support
0.6% of pupils
EHC plan
99.4% of pupils
Website
https://st-hughs.n-lincs.sch.uk/
URN
118146

GCSE results (2024/2025)

31 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
1.4
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
0%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
0%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
0.1
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
22.4%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
6.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£25,946
Typical special / other school£29,008

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
87%
Continuing in education
87%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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