Parayhouse School
Hammersmith and Fulham College, Gliddon Road, London, W14 9BL
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Non-maintained special school
- Ages
- 5 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Ms H Bristow
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 60
- Pupils on roll
- 50
- URN
- 135175
- Local authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02087411400
About this school
Parayhouse School is a special school in London. It teaches children aged 5 to 16 and has 50 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 21 February 2024, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| 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 Parayhouse 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 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53 |
| 2023/24 | 48 |
| 2024/25 | 52 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 52.94%
- English as an additional language
- 44.2%
- Overall absence
- 10.68%
- Persistent absence
- 31.48%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St James Senior Girls' School0.3 miles
Independent schools
-
St James Preparatory School0.3 miles
Independent schools · London
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St Paul's Girls' School0.3 miles
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-
Ecole Française de Londres Jacques Prévert0.3 miles
Independent schools · London
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Wetherby Pembridge0.4 miles
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Common questions
- What year groups does Parayhouse School teach?
- Parayhouse School teaches children aged 5 to 16. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the head teacher of Parayhouse School?
- The head teacher of Parayhouse School is Ms H Bristow, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Parayhouse School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Parayhouse 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 big is Parayhouse School?
- Parayhouse School has 50 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 16.
- Is Parayhouse School full?
- Parayhouse School has capacity for 60 pupils and 50 on roll (83%), 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 Parayhouse School a faith school?
- No. Parayhouse School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Parayhouse School have?
- The schools register lists Parayhouse School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Parayhouse School's absence rate?
- Parayhouse School's overall absence rate is 10.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Parayhouse School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Parayhouse 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.