PhoenixPlace
7a Badsworth Road, London, SE5 0JG
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Founder/Managing Director
- Mrs Sophie Nelson
- Constituency
- Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 50
- Pupils on roll
- 30
- URN
- 141701
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02077037189
About this school
PhoenixPlace is a girls' independent special school in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 30 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected PhoenixPlace 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
PhoenixPlace has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 2015, 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 | 9 | 10 | 9 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 7.2 | 9.8 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 10% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.7 | 0.9 |
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 PhoenixPlace has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Southwark average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 48.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 7.2 | 45.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 9.8 | 44 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 19 |
| 2023/24 | 25 |
| 2024/25 | 35 |
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
- 1
Location
Nearby schools
-
Highshore School0.1 miles
Special schools · London
-
Arco Academy0.4 miles
Independent schools · London
-
Evolve Academy0.5 miles
Academies · London
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Spa School Camberwell0.6 miles
Free Schools · London
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The Park College0.6 miles
Other types · London
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- Beckmead College Academies
- Belmont Park School Special schools
- Beormund Primary School Special schools
- BeyondAutism Post-19 Other types
- Blanche Nevile School Special schools
- Blossom Rose School Special schools
- Brent Knoll School Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does PhoenixPlace teach?
- PhoenixPlace teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the founder/managing director of PhoenixPlace?
- The founder/managing director of PhoenixPlace is Mrs Sophie Nelson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has PhoenixPlace been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected PhoenixPlace 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 PhoenixPlace?
- PhoenixPlace has 30 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is PhoenixPlace full?
- PhoenixPlace has capacity for 50 pupils and 30 on roll (60%), 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 PhoenixPlace a faith school?
- No. PhoenixPlace has no designated religious character.
- How have PhoenixPlace's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 7.2 in 2023/24 and 9.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are PhoenixPlace's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, PhoenixPlace'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.