Alfriston School
Penn Road, Knotty Green, Beaconsfield, HP9 2TS
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- ALFRISTON SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Smart
- Religious ethos
- None
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 164
- URN
- 137934
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01494673740
About this school
Alfriston School is a girls' special academy in Beaconsfield. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 164 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Alfriston 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
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 25 | 24 | 28 |
| 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 Alfriston 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 155 |
| 2023/24 | 159 |
| 2024/25 | 164 |
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)
- 33.59%
- English as an additional language
- 12.2%
- Overall absence
- 11.92%
- Persistent absence
- 32.77%
Location
Nearby schools
-
High March School0.9 miles
Independent schools · Beaconsfield
-
Davenies School1.3 miles
Independent schools · Beaconsfield
-
Crown House School3.5 miles
Independent schools · High Wycombe
-
The Chalfonts Independent Grammar School3.8 miles
Independent schools
-
Aspire3.9 miles
Academies · High Wycombe
Other schools in Beaconsfield
- Butlers Court School Primary
- Holtspur School & Pre-School Primary
- Jordans School Primary
- Seer Green Church of England School Primary
- St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School Primary
- Beaconsfield High School Secondary
- The Beaconsfield School Secondary
- Davenies School Independent schools
- High March School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Alfriston School teach?
- Alfriston School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a special school in Beaconsfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Alfriston School?
- The headteacher of Alfriston School is Mrs Claire Smart, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Alfriston School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Alfriston 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 Alfriston School?
- Alfriston School has 164 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Alfriston School full?
- Alfriston School has capacity for 150 pupils and 164 on roll (109%), so it is at or above 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 Alfriston School a faith school?
- No. Alfriston School has no designated religious character.
- Is Alfriston School part of an academy trust?
- Alfriston School is part of ALFRISTON SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Alfriston School have?
- The schools register lists Alfriston School's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Alfriston School's absence rate?
- Alfriston School's overall absence rate is 11.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Alfriston School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Alfriston 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 1 July 2026.