Mounton House is a local authority special school maintained by Monmouthshire County Council. The school provides day and residential placements for pupils aged 11 to 16 with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. A majority of pupils also have additional learning needs, for example moderate learning difficulties and specific learning difficulties. Pupils attend from local authorities throughout England and Wales. There are 44 pupils on roll. All pupils have a statement of special educational needs and all are eligible for free school meals. A very few pupils come from ethnic minority backgrounds. Four pupils are in the care of the local authority. English is the predominant language of nearly all pupils. It is not appropriate to compare the standards that pupils achieve at the school with national averages or to analyse trends in overall performance over time because of the range of pupils’ additional learning needs. The school is organised into separate teaching areas for pupils in key stages 3 and 4 with shared resources such as a gymnasium, vocational workshops and extensive grounds. The school has a pupil support unit and, for those at risk of exclusion, internal exclusion units. The school was last inspected in 2009. The headteacher was appointed in 2007.