Dawn House School
Special schoolDawn House School is a special school in Mansfield, for pupils aged 5 to 19. It had 113 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 1 July 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Dawn House School was 3.8, against 42.2 in Mansfield and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Mansfield | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 3.8 | 42.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 37.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 56.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 13 | – | – |
- Dawn House School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Heathlands Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)300 m
- Lake View Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.5 km
- The Joseph Whitaker SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 45.7 (2025/26, provisional)1.7 km
- Oak Tree Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.8 km
- The Python Hill AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), January 2023. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Mansfield
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).