The Fountains High School
Special schoolThe Fountains High School is a special school in East Staffordshire, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 246 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), December 2022
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 7 December 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 The Fountains High School was 1.8, against 44.2 in East Staffordshire 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 | East Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 1.8 | 44.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 41.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 61.8% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 33 | – | – |
- The Fountains High 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- The Fountains Primary SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), September 202310 m
- The de Ferrers AcademySecondary. Good (overall), October 2023. Attainment 8 of 46.7 (2025/26, provisional)280 m
- Outwoods Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- Burton Fields SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2023. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- St Modwen's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024790 m
- Eton Park Junior AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), January 2023. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in East Staffordshire
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).