The Mark Way School
Special schoolThe Mark Way School is a special school in Test Valley, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 118 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Outstanding (overall), February 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 25 February 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 12 March 2025
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 Mark Way School was 10.6, against 43.8 in Test Valley 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 | Test Valley | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 10.6 | 43.8 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 40.4% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 60.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 18 | – | – |
- The Mark Way 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- Lift WintonSecondary. School remains Good, March 2023. Attainment 8 of 35.9 (2025/26, provisional)200 m
- Norman Gate SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), June 2024210 m
- Vigo Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)310 m
- Andover Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- Wolverdene Special SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), March 2022820 m
- Icknield SchoolSpecial. School remains Outstanding, May 2024890 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Test Valley
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).