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The Wyvern School (Buxford)

Special schoolAges 4–19FoundationSixth form

Ashford, TN23 4ER · Kent local authority

Ashford’s School Grade B better than 59% of towns in England

How full
374 pupils
January 2026 census
Free school meals
41%
41 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Wyvern School (Buxford)

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 41% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, March 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (TN23 4) sold for a median £269,000; Ashford’s is £300,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 30 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools The Wyvern School (Buxford) beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 2

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Kent avg 48.6

20304050607080England avg 47.3The Wyvern School (Buxford) 2

Grade 5+ in English and maths 3%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Kent avg 49%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%The Wyvern School (Buxford) 3%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 20 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
0England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
6England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths3%
England’s schools 66% · Kent 68% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

358 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
8.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
41.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 28%Boys 72%
Its letter

No letter for The Wyvern School (Buxford)

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, March 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), January 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Wyvern School (Buxford)

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in TN23 4, the school’s postcode sector

Ashford property prices →
£269,000
median sale, 178 sales in 36 months · Ashford £300,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K2010201520202025TN23 4Ashford
TN23 4Ashford

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£400K
Semi-detached
£296K
Terraced
£250K
Flat
£207K
TN23 4Ashford

Homes in TN23 4 sell for a little under Ashford’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

14 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCAC+DD−DA+CB−C+C+BC+The Wyvern School (Buxford)
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Ashford, TN23 4ER

The Wyvern School (Buxford): common questions

What is The Wyvern School (Buxford)’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (March 2024).

How much do houses cost near The Wyvern School (Buxford)?

Homes in its postcode sector, TN23 4, sold for a median £269,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (178 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Ashford’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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