Breakspeare School
Special / other · Abbots Langley · WD5 0BU
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Outstanding. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 21 March 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
157 pupils · 100% of 153 capacity
- School type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 41.2% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 23.7% of pupils
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 117681
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
14 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
no data
no data
GCSE results (2024/2025)
17 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
no pupils entered
no pupils entered
no pupils entered
no pupils entered
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 17% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where pupils go after GCSEs
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
suppressed (small cohort)
Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.
Inspection history since 2015
- 1 October 2024: S5 Inspection
- 7 March 2023: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 27 September 2017: Yes - improving (outstanding)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.