Bower Lodge School
Bower Lodge School is an independent special school in Southampton for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 38 pupils and room for 40.
Main Road, Southampton, SO45 5TD023 8115 7058Jemma Dudgeon headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Hampshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 25 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 38 | 13 |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dibden Park School | Independent (grammar) | 0 m | 54 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Greenwood School | Pupil referral unit | 0.8 miles | 19 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Oak Lodge School | Council | 0.9 miles | 173 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Applemore College | Foundation | 1.0 miles | 478 | No overall grade 2024 | 16 | Compare |
| Noadswood School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 1,102 | Good 2022 | 30 | Compare |
| Orchard Junior School | Council | 1.3 miles | 355 | Report card 2026 | 30 | Compare |
| Orchard Infant School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 270 | Outstanding 2022 | – | Compare |
| Marchwood Church of England Infant School | Church of England | 1.3 miles | 162 | Good 2023 | 61 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Bower Lodge School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Bower Lodge School yet.
How many pupils does Bower Lodge School have?
38 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 40 places, so it is 95% full.
What do parents say about Bower Lodge School?
100% of the 25 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 96% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Main Road, Southampton, SO45 5TD
- Telephone
- 023 8115 7058
- Headteacher
- Jemma Dudgeon
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 4-11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Hampshire
- Ward
- Dibden & Dibden Purlieu
- Constituency
- New Forest East
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 30 September 2024 (new provision)
- URN
- 150911 · LAESTAB 8506117
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.