Alfreton Park Community Special School
Alfreton Park, Wingfield Road, Alfreton, DE55 7AL
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 2 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Josie O' Donnell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Amber Valley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 170
- Pupils on roll
- 167
- URN
- 113040
- Local authority
- Derbyshire
- Telephone
- 01773483330
About this school
Alfreton Park Community Special School is a community special school in Alfreton. It teaches children aged 2 to 19 and has 167 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Alfreton Park Community Special 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -5.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
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 Alfreton Park Community Special 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 | Derbyshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 58.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 56.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 57.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 123 |
| 2023/24 | 129 |
| 2024/25 | 135 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 57.14%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- Overall absence
- 9.16%
- Persistent absence
- 35.92%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kingdom Christian School0.2 miles
Independent schools
-
Swanwick School and Sports College1.5 miles
Special schools · Alfreton
-
Alderwasley Hall School5.1 miles
Special schools · Derbyshire
-
Westbourne School5.5 miles
Special schools · Sutton-in-Ashfield
-
Eastwood Grange School5.9 miles
Special schools · Chesterfield
Other schools in Alfreton
- Swanwick School and Sports College Special schools
- Alfreton Nursery School Nursery
- South Normanton Nursery School Nursery
- Blackwell Community Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Copthorne Community Infant School Primary
- Croft Infant School Primary
- Glebe Junior School Primary
- Leys Junior School Primary
- Mickley Village Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Morton Primary Academy Primary
- Newton Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Alfreton Park Community Special School teach?
- Alfreton Park Community Special School teaches children aged 2 to 19. It is a special school in Alfreton.
- Who is the headteacher of Alfreton Park Community Special School?
- The headteacher of Alfreton Park Community Special School is Ms Josie O' Donnell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Alfreton Park Community Special School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Alfreton Park Community Special 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 Alfreton Park Community Special School?
- Alfreton Park Community Special School has 167 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 19.
- Is Alfreton Park Community Special School full?
- Alfreton Park Community Special School has capacity for 170 pupils and 167 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Alfreton Park Community Special School a faith school?
- No. Alfreton Park Community Special School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Alfreton Park Community Special School have?
- The schools register lists Alfreton Park Community Special School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Alfreton Park Community Special School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Alfreton Park Community Special School's absence rate?
- Alfreton Park Community Special School's overall absence rate is 9.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Alfreton Park Community Special School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Alfreton Park Community Special 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 15 July 2026.