King Alfred's, Wantage
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
King Alfred's provides a warm, welcoming environment where pupils feel safe and staff build respectful relationships with students. The school offers an ambitious sixth-form curriculum and ensures all pupils can access a broad range of enrichment activities including clubs, trips and performances. Sixth-form students are well-prepared for their next steps with strong careers guidance and leadership development opportunities.
Key Strengths
- Strong safeguarding culture with clear procedures and pupil safety prioritized
- Effective sixth-form provision with ambitious curriculum and good student outcomes in examinations
- Good pastoral care and enrichment activities including clubs, trips, competitions and performances
- Well-developed reading and mathematics support with early intervention for struggling learners
- Positive staff morale and support for early-career teachers
Areas for Improvement
- Writing skills development not consistently secure across pupil groups
- Disadvantaged pupils underperforming in national examinations and not sufficiently prepared for next steps
- Attendance rates too low, particularly among disadvantaged pupils
- Inconsistent curriculum design in some subjects affecting knowledge progression
- Incomplete pupil understanding of relationships education, British values and equality concepts
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met with leaders establishing an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified, acted upon and managed.
Extracurricular Activities
Clubs, trips, competitions, performances, leadership positions
King Alfred's is a secondary school in Wantage, Oxfordshire that provides a broad curriculum with a well-considered sixth-form offer. While the school has established a safe environment and positive staff culture, there are inconsistencies in pupil achievement and areas requiring improvement in curriculum delivery and pupil outcomes.
At a Glance
18.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
23.1
Avg class size
69
Total classes
6 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
77%
Available places
1,708 pupils
2,205 capacity
497 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Wantage
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Wantage
Admissions Demand - Oxfordshire
Places available
7,684
Applications
6,969
Got 1st preference
87.5%
Got preferred school
96.5%
Secondary admissions across Oxfordshire (2025/26)
Inspection History(106)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
11.93317%
Overall absence
29.45431%
Persistent absence
1,521
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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