Springboard Education
55 South Street, Lancing, Lancing, BN15 8AN
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 5 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Executive Headteacher
- Ms Leanne Jarvis
- Constituency
- East Worthing and Shoreham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 36
- Pupils on roll
- 30
- URN
- 135180
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01903605980
About this school
Springboard Education is an independent special school in Lancing. It teaches children aged 5 to 18 and has 30 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Springboard Education 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
Springboard Education has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in February 2007, 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 | 3 | 5 | 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 Springboard Education 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 | 16 |
| 2023/24 | 20 |
| 2024/25 | 26 |
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
- 30
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Red Balloon Worthing Learner Centre1.5 miles
Special schools · Worthing
-
Sompting Abbotts School1.6 miles
Independent schools · Lancing
-
Lancing College1.6 miles
Independent schools · Lancing
-
Seadown School1.9 miles
Special schools · Worthing
-
Educate U2.2 miles
Independent schools · Worthing
Other schools in Lancing
- Boundstone Nursery School Nursery
- North Lancing Primary School Primary
- Seaside Primary School Primary
- Sompting Village Primary School Primary
- The Globe Primary Academy Primary
- Lancing College Independent schools
- Sompting Abbotts School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Springboard Education teach?
- Springboard Education teaches children aged 5 to 18. It is a special school in Lancing.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Springboard Education?
- The executive headteacher of Springboard Education is Ms Leanne Jarvis, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Springboard Education been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Springboard Education 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 Springboard Education?
- Springboard Education has 30 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 18.
- Is Springboard Education full?
- Springboard Education has capacity for 36 pupils and 30 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 Springboard Education a faith school?
- No. Springboard Education has no designated religious character.
- What are Springboard Education's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Springboard Education'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.