Stocklake Park Community School

Stocklake Park Community School is a community special school in Aylesbury for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities, including complex needs, and is part of The Vale Federation. Following its September 2026 full inspection, the school is meeting the expected standard across the inspected areas, and safeguarding standards are met. Pupils achieve well from their starting points, develop communication and foundational skills, and are prepared well for their next steps through a personalised curriculum and life skills programme. The school's strengths include calm and respectful behaviour, good attendance within the context of specialist provision, strong inclusive and multidisciplinary practice, and a well-planned post-16 offer that helps students reach meaningful destinations. Leaders have responded effectively to previous inspection areas for improvement, including early reading and phonics, curriculum review, behaviour recording and assessment approaches. Staff are typically positive about leadership, and governors are knowledgeable about the school's work. The main areas for further development are limited. Leaders need to embed revised assessment approaches more consistently across the curriculum, including in personal, social and health education, and they should evaluate the impact of pupil premium funding more precisely so they can show how well it improves disadvantaged pupils' achievement over time.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well from their starting points and meet personal targets.
• Pupils develop communication, speech and language, phonics and writing skills.
• The life skills programme builds confidence, independence and readiness for education and employment.
• Pupils attend well for a specialist provision, including those with complex needs and disadvantaged pupils.
• Pupils are respectful and behaviour is calm, with staff quickly settling any upset or dysregulation.
• The curriculum is personalised and adapted to pupils' increasingly complex needs.
• Inclusive practice is underpinned by close multidisciplinary work with therapists.
• Leaders have responded effectively to areas for improvement from the previous inspection.
• Personal development is woven through the curriculum, including community outings, careers and work-based learning.
• The post-16 programme is well planned, ambitious and leads to meaningful destinations.
• Governors are knowledgeable, and staff are typically positive about the support they receive.

Areas for Improvement

• Revised assessment approaches are not yet consistently embedded across the curriculum, including in personal, social and health education.
• Leaders' analysis of pupil premium funding lacks precision in identifying its impact on disadvantaged pupils' achievement over time.

In 2024–25 pupils at Stocklake Park Community School attended 88.9% of sessions (the national figure for special schools was 87.2%). 28.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 35.3%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.0% of pupils at Stocklake Park Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 5.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Stocklake Park Community School had 9.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for special schools was 6.6). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 40.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.5%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26 Stocklake Park Community School had 104 pupils, 100.0% of them with an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 99.5%).

It says it provides for: specific learning difficulty; moderate learning difficulty; severe learning difficulty; profound and multiple learning difficulty; social, emotional and mental health; speech, language and communication needs; hearing impairment; vision impairment; multi-sensory impairment; physical disability; autistic spectrum disorder; other difficulty or disability.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded special school schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Stocklake Park Community School received £38,623 and spent £41,524 for each of its 104 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £699,000 (£6,724 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Stocklake Park Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stocklake Park Community School is Expected standard, from an inspection in October 2026.

When was Stocklake Park Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stocklake Park Community School was last inspected in October 2026.

How many pupils does Stocklake Park Community School have?

Stocklake Park Community School has 104 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stocklake Park Community School cover?

Stocklake Park Community School for pupils aged 11 to 19.

Where is Stocklake Park Community School?

Stocklake Park Community School is at Stocklake, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP20 1DP.