Alfriston School

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Alfriston School (formerly One time Knotty Green School)
Address
Alfriston School
Penn Road

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HP9 2TS

Coordinates 51°37′33″N0°39′16″W / 51.625953°N 0.654483°W / 51.625953; -0.654483
Information
Type Academy Special School
Department for Education URN 137934 Tables
Ofsted Reports
HeadteacherClaire Smart
GenderGirls
Age11to 18
Enrolment163

Alfriston School is a girls' special school in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. In March 2012 the school became an Academy. [1] It takes girls from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 and has approximately 160 pupils. [2]

The school caters for girls with moderate learning difficulties and other special educational needs such as emotional and behavioural difficulties. The school takes girls as weekly boarders (i.e. Monday to Friday) and as day pupils.

Alfriston School is one of several Buckinghamshire schools which host mobile phone masts. Contracts between Buckinghamshire County Council and various mobile phone operators generate an income of £145,000 per annum, of which about £59,000 comes from contracts for masts that are installed in schools. [3]

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References

  1. "Open academies map and schools submitting applications". Department for Education. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  2. "Schools Directory". Buckinghamshire County Council. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
  3. "Questions and Answers for County Council Meeting" (PDF). Buckinghamshire County Council. 22 January 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2007.[ dead link ]