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Chapel Green School

Special schoolAges 3–19FoundationSixth form

near Old Buckenham, NR17 1RF · Norfolk local authority

Old Buckenham’s Schools page →

How full
199 pupils
111% of its 180 places
Free school meals
40%
40 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Chapel Green School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 199 pupils for 180 places
  • 40% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inspected, December 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Outside any built-up area: listed with Old Buckenham, the nearest town
  • Homes in its postcode sector (NR17 1) sold for a median £319,250; Old Buckenham’s is £387,500

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

179 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
10.6%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
39.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 34%Boys 66%
Its letter

No letter for Chapel Green School

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 (no overall grade since September 2024), December 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), July 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Chapel Green School

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

Home prices in NR17 1, the school’s postcode sector

Old Buckenham property prices →
£319,250
median sale, 544 sales in 36 months · Old Buckenham £387,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025NR17 1
NR17 1Old Buckenham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£420K
Semi-detached
£250K
Terraced
£226K
Flat
£164K
NR17 1Old Buckenham

Homes in NR17 1 sell for well under Old Buckenham’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

2 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+C+Chapel Green School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

near Old Buckenham, NR17 1RF

Chapel Green School: common questions

What is Chapel Green School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (December 2024).

How much do houses cost near Chapel Green School?

Homes in its postcode sector, NR17 1, sold for a median £319,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (544 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; Old Buckenham’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.