Dawn House School

State-Funded School

dawn-house-school-nottinghamshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

NottinghamshireLocal Authority

MansfieldConstituency

NG21 0DQPostcode

0.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Dawn House School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 5–19, located in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands.

It currently serves 113 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 3.1
EBacc average point score: 0

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

<1%

Black

<1%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

113

Total Pupils

64%Boys

36%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

36%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 5 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 113
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
7 Sept 2025	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
1 Apr 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.