Alfreton Park Community Special School

State-Funded School

alfreton-park-community-special-school-derbyshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

DerbyshireLocal Authority

Amber ValleyConstituency

DE55 7ALPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Alfreton Park Community Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Derbyshire, East Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 167 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 14 Apr 2026 · published 7 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

93%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Unclassified

Pupils

167

Total Pupils

72%Boys

28%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

54%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 167
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 5 May 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
23 May 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.