# Dawn House School

Dawn 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.

Special school. Code E122956. [Mansfield](https://openindex.co.uk/mansfield)

- Phase: Special
- Type: Non-maintained special school
- Ages: 5 to 19
- Pupils: 113
- Council: Mansfield
- URN: 122956

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Heathlands Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/heathlands-primary-school-e148857): 300 m. Primary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Lake View Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lake-view-primary-and-nursery-school-e150444): 1.5 km. Primary. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [The Joseph Whitaker School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-joseph-whitaker-school-e137628): 1.7 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 45.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Oak Tree Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oak-tree-primary-school-e146537): 1.8 km. Primary. Good (overall), June 2023. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Python Hill Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-python-hill-academy-e146314): 1.9 km. Primary. Good (overall), January 2023. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/122956)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/122956)

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