Brackenfield Special School

State-Funded School

brackenfield-special-school-derbyshire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

DerbyshireLocal Authority

ErewashConstituency

NG10 4DAPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Brackenfield Special School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–18, located in Derbyshire, East Midlands.

It currently serves 283 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

75%

Asian

11%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

283

Total Pupils

63%Boys

37%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

52%

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 283
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
17 Dec 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
27 Nov 2012	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.