Furze Down School

State-Funded School

furze-down-school-buckinghamshire-south-east

South EastRegion

BuckinghamshireLocal Authority

Buckingham and BletchleyConstituency

MK18 3BLPostcode

6.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Furze Down School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Buckinghamshire, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 223 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 1.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0%
EBacc average point score: 0.08

Ethnicity

White

78%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

223

Total Pupils

71%Boys

29%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

31%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 223
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

Ungraded inspection on 21 February 2024. 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
29 Apr 2014	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.