Alfriston School
Academy special converter · Girls · Buckinghamshire
Penn Road, Beaconsfield, HP9 2TS
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
88.1%
32.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
164
Capacity used
Over capacity109%
150 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Claire Smart
- Address
- Penn Road, Knotty Green, Beaconsfield, HP9 2TS
- Phone
- 01494673740
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Ward / constituency
- Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater · Chesham and Amersham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137934
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 32% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 13% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ALFRISTON SCHOOL
164 pupils · 150 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 26
13 January 2026
S5 Inspection · report card
Inclusion Needs attention Achievement Needs attention Safeguarding standards Met Curriculum and teaching Needs attention Attendance and behaviour Expected standard Leadership and governance Needs attention Early years Not applicable Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard Post-16 provision Expected standard - 23
20 September 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 119 pupils
Attendance
88.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
11.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
32.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
3.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 28 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2021/2022)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.