Park House School
Park House School is an independent special school in Taunton for boys and girls aged 8 to 19. It has 20 pupils and room for 26.
277, Cheddon Road, Taunton, TA2 7AX01823 282668five-rivers.org/education/schools/park-houseMrs Sally Pitkin headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
11 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. That usually means the year group was too small to publish without identifying children.
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 Somerset council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 20 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 11 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellsprings Primary School | Council | 160 m | 279 | Not inspected | 11 | Compare |
| Pyrland School | Academy | 290 m | – | No overall grade 2025 | – | Compare |
| Selworthy Special School | Academy | 670 m | 204 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Priorswood Primary School | Academy | 830 m | 211 | Good 2022 | 15 | Compare |
| The Sky Academy | Academy | 920 m | 105 | Inadequate 2022 | – | Compare |
| Lyngford Park Primary School | Academy | 980 m | 284 | Good 2023 | 23 | Compare |
| King's College Prep | Independent | 0.6 miles | 260 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Andrew's Church School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 223 | No overall grade 2024 | 9 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Park House School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Park House School yet.
How many pupils does Park House School have?
20 pupils aged 8 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 26 places, so it is 77% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 277, Cheddon Road, Taunton, TA2 7AX
- Telephone
- 01823 282668
- Website
- five-rivers.org/education/schools/park-house
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sally Pitkin
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 8-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Ward
- Rowbarton & Staplegrove
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 21 February 2018
- URN
- 145308 · LAESTAB 9336009 · UKPRN 10079403
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- 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.