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Compass School

Alternative provisionAges 5–16Pupil referral unit

Southampton, SO16 9FQ · Southampton local authority

Southampton’s School Grade C− better than 23% of towns in England

How full
40 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
68%
68 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Compass School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 68% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (SO16 9) sold for a median £245,000; Southampton’s is £260,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

47 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
78.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
21.3%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
12.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
87.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 30%Boys 70%
Its letter

No letter for Compass School

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, June 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), November 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Compass School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in SO16 9, the school’s postcode sector

Southampton property prices →
£245,000
median sale, 296 sales in 36 months · Southampton £260,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K2010201520202025SO16 9Southampton
SO16 9Southampton

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£346K
Semi-detached
£273K
Terraced
£250K
Flat
£140K
SO16 9Southampton

Homes in SO16 9 sell for a little under Southampton’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

23 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−CA−D−D−B−C+AD−AB−AC−BCBC−BC+CCompass School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Southampton, SO16 9FQ

Compass School: common questions

What is Compass School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2024).

How much do houses cost near Compass School?

Homes in its postcode sector, SO16 9, sold for a median £245,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (296 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Southampton’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.