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Outstanding

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 9 May 2024

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At a glance

2 pupils · 3% of 75 capacity

School type
Academy alternative provision converter
Age range
4–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
0% of pupils
English as additional language
0% of pupils
SEN support
77.8% of pupils
EHC plan
22.2% of pupils
Website
www.wavemat.org
URN
139741

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
3.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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

This school£20,897
Typical special / other school£29,004

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.6%62.3%
Social housing1.2%17.1%
Privately rented22.1%20.5%
Detached houses22.5%22.9%
Flats12.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms30.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.8%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01018810 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,129 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£283,000292 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£220,000–£390,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (59)£545,000
Semi-detached (64)£284,500
Terraced (125)£265,000
Flat (44)£190,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
24an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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