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Chapel Green School

Attleborough Road, Old Buckenham, Norfolk, NR17 1RF

Special / SEND
Ages 3–19
Mixed
Sixth form
Nursery classes

Overview

Chapel Green School is a special / send school (foundation special school) in Old Buckenham, East of England, for pupils aged 3–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.

School details

Official establishment type
Foundation special school
Establishment group
Special schools
Age range
Ages 3–19
Gender of entry
Mixed
Boarding
No boarders
Sixth form
Yes
School capacity
180
Pupils on roll
199
URN
121260

Admissions

Local authority
Norfolk
Academy trust or group
Trust Norfolk-SEN

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Official performance data

School performance

Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.

Primary

2024/25 results

This is a special school. National performance measures are designed for mainstream schools and often do not reflect the needs of pupils here, so only the figures DfE publishes for this school are listed below.

Primary results 2024/25
MeasureSchool
Grammar, punctuation & spelling — meeting the expected standard0%
Grammar, punctuation & spelling — achieving a high score0%
Maths — meeting the expected standard0%
Maths — achieving a high score0%
Reading — meeting the expected standard0%
Reading — achieving a high score0%
Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard0%
Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard0%
Science — meeting the expected standard0%
Writing — meeting the expected standard0%
Writing — working at greater depth0%

Source: Department for Education · School performance data.

Official inspection data

Ofsted inspections

Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.

Ofsted inspection

Inspected 10 December 2024 · Published 15 January 2025

Original education inspection framework (September 2024 to November 2025)

Ofsted did not give schools an overall effectiveness grade during this inspection period. The judgements Ofsted did publish are shown below.

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding was effective
Yes
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good

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Other recent inspection activity

These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.

  • Ungraded inspection

    Inspected 19 July 2023 · Published 20 September 2023

    Outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next

Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.

School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.

Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school

SEND and additional needs

Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.

  • SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty
  • VI - Visual Impairment
  • OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
  • HI - Hearing Impairment
  • SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
  • ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
  • SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
  • MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
  • PD - Physical Disability
  • MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
  • SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
  • PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty

Location

Address
Attleborough Road, Old Buckenham, Norfolk, NR17 1RF
Local authority
Norfolk

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