Vermont School
Vermont Close, Off Winchester Road, Southampton, SO16 7LT
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Foundation special school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- Aspire Community Trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kelly Moss (Interim Head of School)
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 55
- Pupils on roll
- 54
- URN
- 116625
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380767988
About this school
Vermont School is a foundation special school in Southampton. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 54 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Vermont School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 16 | 18 | 18 |
| 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% | 11% | 17% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 90.0 | 96.0 | 94.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 87.0 | 86.0 | 96.0 |
| Reading progress | -6.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +4.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -7.10 | - | - |
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 Vermont 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 | Southampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 53.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 14.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 13.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 22.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50 |
| 2023/24 | 56 |
| 2024/25 | 53 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 83.02%
- English as an additional language
- 3.8%
- Overall absence
- 22.47%
- Persistent absence
- 64.41%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Great Oaks School0.1 miles
Academies · Southampton
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University of Southampton0.8 miles
Universities · Southampton
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Rosewood Free School0.8 miles
Free Schools · Southampton
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The Gregg Preparatory School1.2 miles
Independent schools
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Southampton Hospital School1.2 miles
Academies · Southampton
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Common questions
- What ages does Vermont School teach?
- Vermont School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a special school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Vermont School?
- The headteacher of Vermont School is Mrs Kelly Moss (Interim Head of School), as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Vermont School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Vermont 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 Vermont School?
- Vermont School has 54 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Vermont School full?
- Vermont School has capacity for 55 pupils and 54 on roll (98%), 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 Vermont School a faith school?
- No. Vermont School has no designated religious character.
- Is Vermont School part of an academy trust?
- Vermont School is part of Aspire Community Trust. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Vermont School have?
- The schools register lists Vermont School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Vermont 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 Vermont School's absence rate?
- Vermont School's overall absence rate is 22.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Vermont School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Vermont 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 30 June 2026.