Tuke School
Daniel Gardens, Peckham, London, SE15 6ER
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Heidi Tully
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Peckham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 102
- URN
- 100880
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02075258002
About this school
Tuke School is a community special school in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 102 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Tuke School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 11 | 13 | 18 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Tuke School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 18.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 93 |
| 2023/24 | 101 |
| 2024/25 | 100 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 74.6%
- English as an additional language
- 22%
- Overall absence
- 7.45%
- Persistent absence
- 20.31%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Southwark Inclusive Learning Service (Sils)0.2 miles
Local authority maintained schools · London
-
Spa School Camberwell0.4 miles
Free Schools · London
-
Haymerle School0.4 miles
Special schools · London
-
Camberwell College of Arts0.4 miles
Other types · London
-
Cherry Garden School0.6 miles
Special schools · London
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Common questions
- What ages does Tuke School teach?
- Tuke School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Tuke School?
- The headteacher of Tuke School is Ms Heidi Tully, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Tuke School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tuke School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Tuke School?
- Tuke School has 102 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Tuke School full?
- Tuke School has capacity for 90 pupils and 102 on roll (113%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Tuke School a faith school?
- No. Tuke School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Tuke School have?
- The schools register lists Tuke School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Tuke School's absence rate?
- Tuke School's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Tuke School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tuke School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.