Greenholm School, Sutton
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Greenholm School excels at understanding each pupil as an individual, using this knowledge to provide personalised emotional support and help pupils settle quickly and feel safe. The school offers an outstanding range of life-skills learning and enrichment activities - from travel training and budgeting to theatre visits and music lessons - that prepare students exceptionally well for adulthood. With outstanding behaviour management and sixth-form work experience placements, the school successfully develops pupils' independence, confidence and readiness for their next steps.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding behaviour and personal development with staff using personalised support to help pupils manage emotions effectively
- Excellent reading programme with new phonics approach that helps pupils become confident, fluent readers
- Comprehensive enrichment activities including sports, Shakespeare, school enterprises, museum visits, theatre trips and music lessons
- Strong sixth-form provision with personalised pathways, work experience placements and support for employment readiness
- Robust behaviour management training for staff enabling minimal classroom interruptions and positive learning attitudes
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching adaptations and resources are not always precisely tailored to individual pupil needs, sometimes lacking the right support for pupils to practise and develop their knowledge and skills
- Some aspects of the school's work lack strategic oversight, leading to inconsistencies in the quality of provision across the curriculum
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with the school creating an open and honest culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Sporting competitions, performing Shakespeare, school enterprises, weekly learning in the community, visits to museums, theatre trips, learning to play musical instruments, school council, eco-committee, sixth-form work experience placements
Greenholm School is an independent special school for pupils with autism that prioritises preparing students for their futures with high aspirations for academic, social and personal achievement. The school maintains a calm, settled environment where pupils feel safe and typically achieve well.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
17 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Class Sizes
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Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
95%
Near capacity
114 pupils
120 capacity
6 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Sutton
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Admissions Demand - Sutton
Places available
3,511
Applications
2,760
Got 1st preference
72.0%
Got preferred school
96.9%
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Greenholm School
Devonshire Primary School
Seaton House School
Avenue Primary Academy
Barrow Hedges Primary School
Manor Park Primary Academy
Robin Hood Infants' School
Robin Hood Junior School
St Dunstan's Cheam CofE Primary School
Stanley Park Infants School
Stanley Park Junior School
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