School profile
Light Years School
Building A, Tewkesbury Avenue, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 6LL
Overview
Light Years School is an independent school (other independent special school) in Fareham, South East, for pupils aged 7–11. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Other independent special school
- Establishment group
- Special schools
- Age range
- Ages 7–11
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- No
- School capacity
- 40
- Pupils on roll
- 34
- URN
- 149906
Admissions
- Local authority
- Hampshire
Fees, scholarships and bursaries are not part of the official dataset. They will appear here once the school adds them.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 25 June 2024 · Published 12 September 2024
Original education inspection framework (non-association independent schools)
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
This is a historical Ofsted judgement given under the previous inspection framework. It is not a School Nest rating.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding was effective
- Yes
Independent school standards
A regulatory check against the standards independent schools must meet. It is separate from Ofsted's inspection judgements and is not a rating.
Overall compliance
All standards met
Complies with its registration agreement.
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Building A, Tewkesbury Avenue, Fareham, Hampshire, PO15 6LL
- Local authority
- Hampshire
Inspection
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- Inspectorate
- Ofsted
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