THE BRIDGE SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS SCHOOL
THE BRIDGE SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS SCHOOL is an independent special school in Thornton Heath for boys and girls aged 14 to 25. It has 30 pupils and room for 70.
Rear of 2a Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 7AA020 7703 8587Mr James Nuttall headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
1 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. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual 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 Southwark 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 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oasis Academy Surrey Square | Academy | 270 m | 444 | Outstanding 2022 | 85 | Compare |
| English Martyrs' Roman Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 440 m | 299 | Not inspected | 90 | Compare |
| Ark Walworth Academy | Academy | 490 m | 973 | Good 2023 | 71 | Compare |
| Boutcher Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 510 m | 201 | Outstanding 2022 | 98 | Compare |
| St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School | Church of England | 550 m | 620 | Good 2022 | 77 | Compare |
| Kintore Way Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 550 m | 99 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| Grange Primary School | Council | 560 m | 275 | No overall grade 2025 | 55 | Compare |
| South Bank University Academy | Academy | 590 m | 405 | Report card 2026 | 24 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is THE BRIDGE SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS SCHOOL a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score THE BRIDGE SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS SCHOOL yet.
How many pupils does THE BRIDGE SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS SCHOOL have?
30 pupils aged 14 to 25 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 70 places, so it is 43% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Rear of 2a Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 7AA
- Telephone
- 020 7703 8587
- Headteacher
- Mr James Nuttall
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 14-25
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Ward
- Bensham Manor
- Constituency
- Croydon West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 15 September 2020 (new provision)
- URN
- 147977 · LAESTAB 2106012
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.