Prospect School
Freeley Road, Havant, PO9 4AQ
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Boys
- Headteacher
- Dr Michèle Aldridge
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Havant
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 87
- URN
- 133581
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02394006226
About this school
Prospect School is a boys' community special school in Havant. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 87 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Prospect 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Attainment 8 score | 6.3 | 5.2 | 8.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.00 -2.80 to -1.20 | -1.98 -2.65 to -1.31 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 5.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
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 Prospect 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 | 6.3 | 37.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 5.2 | 37.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 8.6 | 37.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 29.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 31.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 30.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 84 |
| 2023/24 | 88 |
| 2024/25 | 85 |
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)
- 74.12%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 30.52%
- Persistent absence
- 66.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Waterloo School1.2 miles
Special schools · Waterlooville
-
Riverside Community Special School1.3 miles
Special schools · Waterlooville
-
Jubilee School1.6 miles
Special schools · Waterlooville
-
Releasing Potential School1.7 miles
Independent schools
-
Bere Clinic School2.2 miles
Independent schools
Other schools in Havant
- Barncroft Primary School Primary
- Bidbury Infant School Primary
- Bidbury Junior School Primary
- Bosmere Junior School Primary
- Fairfield Infant School Primary
- Front Lawn Primary Academy Primary
- Riders Infant School Primary
- Riders Junior School Primary
- Sharps Copse Primary and Nursery School Primary
- St Alban's Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Havant Primary
- Trosnant Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Prospect School teach?
- Prospect School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Havant.
- Who is the headteacher of Prospect School?
- The headteacher of Prospect School is Dr Michèle Aldridge, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Prospect School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Prospect 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 Prospect School?
- Prospect School has 87 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Prospect School full?
- Prospect School has capacity for 80 pupils and 87 on roll (109%), 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 Prospect School a faith school?
- No. Prospect School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Prospect School have?
- The schools register lists Prospect School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Prospect School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 6.3 in 2022/23 and 8.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Prospect School's absence rate?
- Prospect School's overall absence rate is 30.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Prospect School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Prospect 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 1 July 2026.