Alfriston School

State-Funded School

alfriston-school-buckinghamshire-south-east

South EastRegion

BuckinghamshireLocal Authority

Chesham and AmershamConstituency

HP9 2TSPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Alfriston School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–18, located in Buckinghamshire, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 164 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 13 Jan 2026 · published 28 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

74%

Asian

16%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

164

Total Pupils

0%Boys

100%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

12%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 164
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding (Concerns)

Ungraded inspection on 20 September 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
12 Sept 2013	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.