The Cedar School

State-Funded School
the-cedar-school-southampton-south-eastLink
Region
South EastRegion
SouthamptonLocal Authority
Southampton TestConstituency
Postcode
SO16 0XNPostcode
5.5
Academic Performance
Ofsted

About the School

The Cedar School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–16, located in Southampton, South East.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 86 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

9

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White
76%
Asian
13%
Black
3%
Mixed
6%
Any other group
1%
Unclassified
1%

Pupils

86

Total Pupils

57%Boys
43%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals
50%
England average
27%
First language not English
19%
England average
22%
Young carers
0%
England average
1%
0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase
Special
Age range
3 – 16
Deprivation band
Deprived
Total pupils
86
IDACI quintile
4 (Less 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 25 January 2024. 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
27 Jun 2014
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.

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