Falconer School
Falconer Road, Bushey, WD23 3AT
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Boys
- Headteacher
- Mrs Carmel Fox
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Hertsmere
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 97
- Pupils on roll
- 54
- URN
- 117686
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02089502505
About this school
Falconer School is a boys' community special school in Bushey. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 54 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 19 March 2025, where inspectors found some aspects are not as strong as at the previous inspection. 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 | 14 | 22 | 19 |
| Attainment 8 score | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -2.25 -3.13 to -1.37 | -1.91 -2.61 to -1.22 | - |
| 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 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
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 Falconer 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 | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5 | 44.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 6 | 44.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 2.3 | 44.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 45.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 43.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 87 |
| 2023/24 | 85 |
| 2024/25 | 66 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 75.76%
- English as an additional language
- 4.5%
- Overall absence
- 43.23%
- Persistent absence
- 82.86%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Longwood School0.6 miles
Independent schools · Bushey
-
St Margaret's School0.6 miles
Independent schools · Bushey
-
Meadow Wood School0.8 miles
Special schools · Bushey
-
The Purcell School0.9 miles
Independent schools
-
Gurukula - The Hare Krishna Primary School1.3 miles
Independent schools · Hertfordshire
Other schools in Bushey
- Meadow Wood School Special schools
- Ashfield Junior School Primary
- Bournehall Primary School Primary
- Bushey and Oxhey Infant School Primary
- Bushey Heath Primary School Primary
- Bushey Manor Junior School Primary
- Hartsbourne Primary School Primary
- Highwood Primary School Primary
- Little Reddings Primary School Primary
- Merry Hill Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Bushey Meads School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Falconer School teach?
- Falconer School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a special school in Bushey.
- Who is the headteacher of Falconer School?
- The headteacher of Falconer School is Mrs Carmel Fox, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Falconer School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Falconer 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 big is Falconer School?
- Falconer School has 54 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Falconer School full?
- Falconer School has capacity for 97 pupils and 54 on roll (56%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Falconer School a faith school?
- No. Falconer School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Falconer School have?
- The schools register lists Falconer School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Falconer School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 5 in 2022/23 and 2.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Falconer School's absence rate?
- Falconer School's overall absence rate is 43.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Falconer School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Falconer 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 30 June 2026.