Alfreton Park Community Special School, Alfreton
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 5 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school excels at understanding each child's individual needs and creating a calm, supportive environment where they thrive. Staff are highly skilled at adapting teaching and support so that pupils with complex needs can learn meaningfully and develop confidence. The school places real emphasis on preparing pupils for adult life through work experience, community visits and independence skills - helping them become active members of their community.
Key Strengths
- Vibrant early years provision with high expectations and consistent, calm staff interactions
- Expert inclusive approach that removes barriers to learning for all pupils, including disadvantaged students
- Excellent personal development and wellbeing programme with strong careers education and work experience opportunities
- High-quality, consistent support for pupils with complex needs through skilled staff and well-planned adaptations
- Effective pastoral care and multi-agency working that helps pupils feel safe, valued and ready to learn
Areas for Improvement
- Leaders sometimes don't use assessment information effectively enough to understand progress across the school over time and identify which teaching approaches work best, especially for older students
- Behaviour incident records are not always precise enough, which limits leaders' ability to spot patterns and improve behaviour support further
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Coffee bar work experience, local business work placements, community visits, work-related learning, residential visits, independent travel training, enrichment activities
Alfreton Park Community Special School is a special school that received a strong standard rating overall. The school serves pupils with complex special educational needs and disabilities, with particular strengths in early years provision, inclusion, and personal development.
At a Glance
55.6%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 0%. Maths has remained stable at around 0%. Writing has remained stable at around 0%.
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
98%
Near capacity
167 pupils
170 capacity
3 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Alfreton
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Alfreton
Admissions Demand - Derbyshire
Places available
8,811
Applications
7,963
Got 1st preference
95.4%
Got preferred school
99.1%
Secondary admissions across Derbyshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(7)
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SEN Provision
How many pupils have special educational needs, what types of support the school provides, and how it compares to similar schools.
Pupil Demographics
The school's pupil mix - ethnicity breakdown, free school meals eligibility, and English as an additional language. Useful context when evaluating school fit.
Teachers & Staff
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Pupil Absence2024/25
9.1591%
Overall absence
35.92233%
Persistent absence
103
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Alfreton Park Community Special School
Kingdom Christian School
Croft Infant School
Woodbridge Junior School
Copthorne Community Infant School
Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy
Leys Junior School
Somercotes Infant and Nursery School
Swanwick Primary School
Somerlea Park Junior School
South Wingfield Primary School
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