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Foundation special school · Kent

The Wyvern School (Buxford)

  • 4–19Ages
  • 374Pupils
  • SpecialPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 131748URN

Great Chart Bypass, Ashford, TN23 4ER · School website

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 12 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood
Sixth form provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 12 March 2024
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 18 January 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

School details

Type
Foundation special school
Phase
Not applicable
URN · DfE number
131748 · 886/7069
Free school meals
41.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 1999
Address
Great Chart Bypass, Ashford, TN23 4ER
Local authority
Kent · Ashford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources