Rosewood Free School

State-Funded School

rosewood-free-school-southampton-south-east

South EastRegion

SouthamptonLocal Authority

Southampton TestConstituency

SO16 5NAPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Rosewood Free School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Southampton, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 77 pupils. Rosewood Free School is part of SPECIALIST SCHOOLS TRUST LTD.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

12%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

27%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 77
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: SPECIALIST SCHOOLS TRUST LTD

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 12 October 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
12 Sept 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.