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The Polygon School

Handel Terrace, Southampton, SO15 2FH

Southampton Co-operative Learning Trust is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance79.8%
AttainmentProgress 8: -2.09
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils77

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (May 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — curriculum and teaching, achievement and leadership and governance expected standard; inclusion, attendance and behaviour and personal development and wellbeing strong standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement
  2. Latest ungradedSchool remains Good

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

View on Ofsted

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SO15. Where we have them, council (Southampton) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
77
Free school meals
83.1%
52.2% above district average (30.9%)

Also: Southampton 62.4% · England 49.2%

SEN
100%
76.5% above district average (23.5%)

Also: Southampton 100% · England 99.9%

EAL
1.3%
34.3% below district average (35.6%)
Attendance
79.8%
14.9% below district average (94.7%)

Also: Southampton 87.9% · England 87.2%

Persistent absence
54.4%
Attainment
Progress 8: -2.09

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SO15 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2181.6%
  • 2021/2277.8%
  • 2022/2380.4%
  • 2023/2479.5%
  • 2024/2583.6%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
77
Pupils on roll
77

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Southampton page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
Special classes · SPLD, OTH, SLCN, ASD
Need types
SPLDOTHSLCNASDSEMHMSIMLD

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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  • Methodology · Data updates