Maple Ridge School
Maple Crescent, Basingstoke, RG21 5SX
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Victoria Clovis
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Basingstoke
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 110
- Pupils on roll
- 109
- URN
- 116605
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01256323639
About this school
Maple Ridge School is a community special school in Basingstoke. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 109 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Maple Ridge 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 12 | 17 | 13 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -5.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -3.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Maple Ridge 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 | Hampshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 58.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 99 |
| 2023/24 | 101 |
| 2024/25 | 104 |
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)
- 24.04%
- English as an additional language
- 10.6%
- Overall absence
- 7.45%
- Persistent absence
- 27.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dove House Academy0.2 miles
Academies · Basingstoke
-
Chiltern Way Academy Austen0.7 miles
Free Schools · Basingstoke
-
Chiltern Way Academy Futures1.0 miles
Academies · Basingstoke
-
Limington House School1.5 miles
Special schools · Basingstoke
-
Saxon Wood School1.6 miles
Special schools · Basingstoke
Other schools in Basingstoke
- Chiltern Way Academy Austen Free Schools
- Chiltern Way Academy Basingstoke Academies
- Chiltern Way Academy Futures Academies
- Dove House Academy Academies
- Limington House School Special schools
- Saxon Wood School Special schools
- Castle Hill Infant School Primary
- Castle Hill Primary School Primary
- Chalk Ridge Primary School Primary
- Chiltern Primary School Primary
- Cliddesden Primary School Primary
- Fairfields Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Maple Ridge School teach?
- Maple Ridge School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a special school in Basingstoke.
- Who is the headteacher of Maple Ridge School?
- The headteacher of Maple Ridge School is Mrs Victoria Clovis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Maple Ridge School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Maple Ridge 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 Maple Ridge School?
- Maple Ridge School has 109 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Maple Ridge School full?
- Maple Ridge School has capacity for 110 pupils and 109 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Maple Ridge School a faith school?
- No. Maple Ridge School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Maple Ridge School have?
- The schools register lists Maple Ridge School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Maple Ridge School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Maple Ridge School's absence rate?
- Maple Ridge School's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Maple Ridge School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Maple Ridge 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 13 August 2026.