Secondary · OX12 · Oxfordshire

King Alfred's

Portway, Wantage, OX12 9BY

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At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance95%
AttainmentProgress 8: -0.02
AdmissionsAbout average
Pupils1708

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Latest visit (Jun 2026): renewed Ofsted format (no single overall grade) — curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing and leadership and governance needs attention; inclusion and post-16 provision expected standard. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

Improved from Requires improvement (9 May 2018).

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in OX12. Where we have them, council (Vale of White Horse) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1708
Free school meals
18.8%
0.6% above district average (18.2%)

Also: England 25.8%

SEN
20.9%
4.7% below district average (25.6%)

Also: England 16.5%

EAL
5.2%
3.8% below district average (9%)
Attendance
95%
0.8% below district average (95.8%)

Also: England 91.9%

Persistent absence
12.5%
Progress 8
-0.02 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
45.4
Grade 5+ English & maths
43.8%
Grade 4+ English & maths
63.1%
Entered for EBacc
24.5%
EBacc average point score
3.93

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the OX12 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2196.6%
  • 2021/2290.3%
  • 2022/2390.4%
  • 2023/2488.4%
  • 2024/2588.3%

Admissions

Demand signal
About average
Published capacity (GIAS)
2139
Pupils on roll
1708

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Oxfordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
20.9%
On-site provision
Special classes

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates