The Shires
Shires Lane, Stretton, LE15 7GT
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Director of Care and Education
- Mr Jamie Hill
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 60
- Pupils on roll
- 29
- URN
- 131018
- Local authority
- Rutland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01780411944
About this school
The Shires is an independent special school in Rutland. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 29 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected The Shires under its current framework. 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
The Shires has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in December 2005, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 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 The Shires has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 21 |
| 2023/24 | 26 |
| 2024/25 | 29 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 29
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wilds Lodge School4.9 miles
Special schools · Oakham
-
Witham Hall School6.4 miles
Independent schools · Bourne
-
Oakham School6.8 miles
Independent schools · Oakham
-
Brooke Priory School6.9 miles
Independent schools · Oakham
-
The Shires at Oakham6.9 miles
Special schools · Should be blank
Common questions
- What year groups does The Shires teach?
- The Shires teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in Rutland.
- Who is the director of care and education of The Shires?
- The director of care and education of The Shires is Mr Jamie Hill, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Shires been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected The Shires under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is The Shires?
- The Shires has 29 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is The Shires full?
- The Shires has capacity for 60 pupils and 29 on roll (48%), so it has space against 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 The Shires a faith school?
- No. The Shires has no designated religious character.
- What are The Shires's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Shires'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 24 July 2026.