Shepherds Down Special School

State-Funded School

shepherds-down-special-school-hampshire-south-east

South EastRegion

HampshireLocal Authority

WinchesterConstituency

SO21 2AJPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Shepherds Down Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–11, located in Hampshire, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 198 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

76%

Asian

11%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

198

Total Pupils

72%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

31%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 198
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 22 February 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
9 May 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.