Stony Dean School
Orchard End Avenue, Pineapple Road, Amersham, HP7 9JW
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Scott
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Pupils on roll
- 215
- URN
- 110579
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01494762007
About this school
Stony Dean School is a community special school in Amersham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 215 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Stony Dean School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 4 December 2024, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Attainment 8 score | 0.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.88 -2.43 to -1.34 | -1.82 -2.32 to -1.31 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Stony Dean School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Buckinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0.6 | 47.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 1.6 | 49.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 0.6 | 46.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 211 |
| 2023/24 | 213 |
| 2024/25 | 213 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.05%
- English as an additional language
- 9.4%
- Overall absence
- 11.29%
- Persistent absence
- 31.65%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Home Tuition Service0.8 miles
Other types · Amersham
-
Heatherton School1.4 miles
Independent schools · Amersham
-
The Beacon School1.7 miles
Independent schools · Amersham
-
Heritage House School3.0 miles
Special schools · Chesham
-
Chesham Preparatory School3.6 miles
Independent schools · Chesham
Other schools in Amersham
- Henry Allen Nursery School Nursery
- Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy Primary
- Chesham Bois Church of England School Primary
- Chestnut Lane School Primary
- Coleshill Church of England Infant School Primary
- Curzon Church of England Combined School Primary
- Elangeni School Primary
- Hyde Heath Infant School Primary
- Little Chalfont Primary School Primary
- Little Missenden Church of England School Primary
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St George's Church of England Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Stony Dean School teach?
- Stony Dean School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a special school in Amersham.
- Who is the headteacher of Stony Dean School?
- The headteacher of Stony Dean School is Mrs Rebecca Scott, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Stony Dean School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Stony Dean School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Stony Dean School?
- Stony Dean School has 215 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Stony Dean School a faith school?
- No. Stony Dean School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Stony Dean School have?
- The schools register lists Stony Dean School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Stony Dean School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 0.6 in 2022/23 and 0.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Stony Dean School's absence rate?
- Stony Dean School's overall absence rate is 11.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Stony Dean School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Stony Dean School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.